01/10/2025
"I am the heat of your hearth 🔥 on the cold winter nights ❄️,
the friendly shade 🌳 screening you from the summer sun ☀️,
and my fruits 🍎 are refreshing draughts 💧 quenching your thirst as you journey on 🛤️.
I am the beam that holds your house 🏡,
the board of your table 🍽️,
the bed on which you lie 🛏️,
and the timber that builds your boat ⛵.
I am the handle of your hoe ⚒️,
the door of your homestead 🚪,
the wood of your cradle 👶,
and the shell of your coffin ⚰️.
I am the bread of kindness 🍞 and the flower of beauty 🌸.
'Ye, who pass by 🚶♂️🚶♀️, listen to my prayer 🙏: Harm me not."
Portuguese Prayer of the Woods