Mine is the migrating bird
Winging over perilous regions of the ocean,
Ever tracing out the age-old path of the
Wandering waves…
from a fangu, or sacred chant, of ancient Tuamotuan, an Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian language spoken throughout the Tuamotu Islands, part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. Quoted in We, the Navigators: the Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific by David Lewis
