The naming of important places (A Hopi poem)

The village
because it protects the people
the house
because it gives a home to the man
the bed,
because it makes the man relax
the fire pit,
as it warms the man
the cornfield,
because it feeds the people,
the fountain
as it quenches the thirst of man
the grass bag
as it cures the man
the sweat chamber,
it cleanses the man
the path
because it leads the people
the desert
because it teaches people
The forest
it gives a gift to the man
the mountain top,
it elevates the man
the horizon,
as it calls the man
the kiva
as it accepts the man.

Translated from Hungarian by me