negra luz esperanza (black light hope)
flor del agua (flower of the water)
lava mi alma lava me (wash my spirit)

en la noche profunda (in the deep night)
yo bailo al rio oscuro (I dance the dark river)
canción del viento salvaje (song in the wild wind)
salve me (save me)

negra luz esperanza (black light hope)
flor del agua (flower of the water) 
lava mi alma lava me (wash my spirit)

susurros de los fantasmas de dolores tácitas (whispers from the ghosts of unspoken sorrows)
sígame en las sombras de mi corazón (follow me in the shadows of my heart)
que lo solto con los aguas (I release it with the waters)
Ruego a los antepasados (I pray to the ancient ones/ ancestors)

Murmuran- ir a llorar a su joven (they whisper, go and mourn your young)
Murmuran- llorar la sal de la madre (they whisper, weep out the salt from the mother)
Murmuran- ir a llorar a su joven (they whisper, go and mourn your young)
Murmuran- llorar la sal de la madre (they whisper, weep out the salt from the mother)

negra luz esperanza (black light hope)
flor del agua (flower of the water)
lava mi alma lava me (wash my spirit)

A young woman is called to to the willow, weeping at her roots
holding the potion the village midwife had given her.

Clutching the anguish of life and death in her hands,
She sees the flames of a black Fire
burning in the heart of Dark River
singing to her from the bottom of the creek.

She calls to her ancestors, pleading with them,
unsure of whether or not it is safe to bring life into this realm.

So much division.
So much corruption.
So much confusion.

How could we possibly steward new souls at a time like this?

Her ancestors whisper

“Weep out the salt of the Mother, child.
Weep for the ones who did not survive the atrocities remembered in your bones.
Let your tears cleanse you. Dispel of the ghosted dreams in your blood, and make way in your womb for a new dream”