Ojibwe Morning Prayer To The Creator - English Translation

This is a morning prayer to the Creator. In Ojibwe tradition, one offers tobacco to the Creator every morning before the sun rises and recites this prayer. This is the English-only version of the prayer, and the track contains music. Thank you for listening.

Transcript

This is a sacred prayer to the Creator.

One offers tobacco to the Creator before the sun rises and recites the following words.

Thank you Creator for all that you have created.

Thank you Grandfather Sun for shining on us today.

Thank you Grandmother Moon for shining on us at night.

Thank you Mother Earth for giving us life,

For giving us food,

For giving us water,

For giving us the animals and for giving us the air we breathe.

I offer my tobacco to the North,

East,

South and West.

Help me to stand strong and to have a strong heart.

Thank you Creator.

Reviews

Simply beautiful. A lovely way to start the day. Thank you.

Short and powerful. “…Help me to stand strong and have a strong heart. Thank you, Creator.”

Thank you for sharing the English translation. I believe gratitude is the cure for all that ails. Thank you for this reminder.

This is a most moving and inspiring prayer. Thank you.
I am delighted to have come across this prayer, I will write it down and memorise it.🙏

Thank you for sharing this. Wonderful way to begin my day.

Miigwech and thank you, Noelle. I had not seen this when I requested the translation in your Ojibwe version.🙏💖🙏

Thank you to the Creator🌅🙏
And thank you for such a glorious teacher ❤️

I hope to memorize this, so naturally I've bookmarked it. ❤️
Thank you!

Stunning in its simplicity
and the 4 directions reminder.
Miigwech

Lovely, thank you for sharing this with us! I see you and the light within you. Be well. 🤲🏻💖🤲🏻

Love this !Thank you 🙏💫🌊☀️💜☮️bookmarked with my prayers. And shared .

For the first time in so long I cried at the beauty of this simple prayer. Thank you

Thank you for this beautiful prayer and presentation of it. I'm always interested in Indigenous practices. Its a keeper. 🙏💖

Wow! This was a “random” find and it totally worked for me.