From distant stars descending From heavens ripped wide open Beneath the floating rock The horned serpent rises Ia IA ZI AZAG Ia IA ZI AZKAK Ia IA KUTULU ZI KUR IA The watchers of the zonei tremble As the liars in wait surround the 7 gates! Those who once Protected the ARRA And left behind a shell of DNA Left to be covered by Sand and Dust Forsaken between what was severed to be crushed Within the conjoining bearer of the fangs Colliding once again upon tail The serpent which forged the cosmic blood As the priests who read from the Magan text gather When the great bear hangs lowest in the sky Exalting the shattered vessel of the sages They chant the words of hidden power Spirit of the moon remember Master of the IGIGI swing open the gate! Spirit of Mercury Remember! Marzas ZI FORNIAS KANPA Spirit of Venus Remember! Ia GUSHE-YA IA INANNA! Spirit of the Sun Remember! Without darkness there is no illumination Spirit of Mars remember! Spirit of ARRA and AGGA Spirit of the Great Planet Remember! Son of Enki, Lord of Magick Spirit of the wanderers of wastes Remember! knower of the pathways of the dead Veiled is the Night The temple is quiet and dark Father of the Fatherless Shammash Has gone to his chamber of Sleep Servent star of 7 powers The abyss yawns wide open Broken are the gates The 7 elder Apkallu Of shining swords now turn to rust