Morning Prayer:

Grandmother Medicine Wheel inspired by the Seventh Gathering of the International Council of Indigenous Grandmother's in Lincoln City, Oregon USA June 27 – July 1, 2008

On awakening, I pray 

Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka 

Great Mystery, Great Spirit, 

Tȟuŋkášila, Grandfather  

Please be with me.

In Irish / Gaeilge 

Ar dhúiseacht, guím  

Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka,  

An Mór‑Rún, An Spiorad Mór,  

Tȟuŋkášila, A Dhaideo,  

bí liom le do thoil.

Phonetic

Ar GOO‑shokt, gweem  

Wah‑KHÁHN TAHN‑kah,  

On MOHR‑roon, On SPIR‑ud MOHR,  

TOON‑kah‑shee‑lah, Ah GAH‑jo,  

bee lyum leh duh hull.

Notes

Ar dhúiseacht, guím → “On awakening, I pray”

Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka → “Great Mystery / Great Spirit” (Lakota)

An Mór‑Rún, An Spiorad Mór → “Great Mystery, Great Spirit”

Tȟuŋkášila, A Dhaideo → “Grandfather” (Lakota + Irish vocatives together)

bí liom le do thoil → “please be with me”

Tȟuŋkášila, A Dhaideo,  I ask you to Please direct my thinking, I especially ask that my thinking be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives (or delusions.) If I am faced with indecision: I ask you for inspiration, and intuitive thought, or a decision.

(Paraphrased from the 11th step prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous)