Flood me with splendor

Waters, you are the ones that bring us the life force.
Help us to find nourishment,
So that we may look upon great joy.
Let us share in the most delicious sap that you have,
As if you are loving mothers,
Let us go straight to the house of the one,
For whom you waters give us life and give us birth.
For our well-being, let the goddesses be an aid to us,
Mistresses of all ting that are chosen,
Rulers over all peoples,
The waters are the ones I beg for a cure.
Waters—yield your cure as an armor for my body,
So that I may see the sun for a long time.
Waters—carry away all of this that has gone bad in me.
Either that I have done in malicious deceit,
Or whatever lie I have sworn to,
I here sort the waters today,
We have joined with their sap,
Oh Agni, full of moisture,
Come and flood me with splendor!

--The Ancient Rig Veda, Water of Life
from the dedication page in Vandana Shiva's Water Wars: Pollution, Profits and Privatization