I am the Heart; and the Snake is entwined,
About the invisible core of the mind.
Rise, O my snake! It is now is the hour,
Of the hooded and holy ineffable flower.
Rise, O my snake, into brilliance of bloom,
On the corpse of Osiris afloat in the tomb!
O heart of my mother, my sister, mine own,
Thou art given to Nile, to the terror Typhon!
Ah me! but the glory of ravening storm,
Enswathes thee and wraps thee in frenzy of form.
Be still, O my soul! that the spell may dissolve,
As the wands are upraised, and the aeons revolve.
Behold! in my beauty how joyous Thou art,
O Snake that caresses the crown of mine heart!
Behold! we are one, and the tempest of years,
Goes down to the dusk, and the Beetle appears.
O Beetle! the drone of Thy dolorous note,
Be ever the trance of this tremulous throat!
I await the awaking! The summons on high,
From the Lord Adonai, from the Lord Adonai!
