“The tongues of the lightning Snakes”

The tongues of the lightning Snakes flicker and twist, one to the other.
They flash across the foliage of the cabbage palms.
Lightning flashes through the clouds with the flickering tongues of the snakes.
It is always there, at the wide expanse of water, at the place of the sacred tree.
All over the sky their tongues flicker, above the place called Rising Clouds, the place called Standing Clouds.
All over the sky tongues flickering and twisting.
They are always there at the camp by the wide expanse of water.
All over the sky the tongues flicker: at the place called Two Sisters where the guardian ancestors are
Lighting flashes throught the clouds, flash of the Lightning Snake.
Its blinding flash lights up the cabbage palms,
Gleams on the cabbage palms and on the shining leaves.

  --Aboriginal Australian Song