We are children of the Cosmos,

We are subject to its laws,

subject to its laws.

We will make their celebration

Our most joyful sacred cause,

Our most joyful sacred cause.

Every dying in the Cosmos

Forms a prelude to new birth,

prelude to new birth.

Every portion of the Cosmos

Links with all the life on Earth,

Links with all the life on Earth.

Every star within the Cosmos

Lives within dark matter’s web,

in dark matter’s web.

We will venerate its darkness,

Both its growing and its ebb,

Both its growing and its ebb.

Every time two share a joining

Something greater has its birth,

greater has its birth,

From uniting of the atoms

Comes the substance of the Earth,

Comes the substance of the Earth.

All the justice of the Cosmos

Acts to limit each extreme,

limit each extreme.

But the greed of our consumption

May soon kill life’s sacred stream,

May soon kill life’s sacred stream.

As we think of all the Cosmos,

Every process and each part,

process and each part,

We decide to heed its wisdom

And plant sharing in our heart,

And plant sharing in our heart.

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