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Mandaean Prayers

I Rose Up From The Jordan

In the name of the Life! I rose up from the jordan   And I met a group of souls,   A group of souls I met,   who surrounded our father Sitil Saying to him "By thy life, our father Sitil,   Go with us to the Jordan."!   "If I go with you to the jordan   Who will be your witness?"   "Lo, Sun hath risen above us;   He will be our witness!" "It is not he whom I seek,   Not he whom my soul desireth.   The sun of which ye spake,   Riseth early, setteth at dusk.   The sun of which ye spake, the sun   Is vanity and cometh to an end.   Sun cometh to an end and becometh vanity   And his worshippers come to an end and are vanity." ***   I rose up from the jordan   And a group of souls I met,   A group I met of souls   Who surrounded our father Shitil,   Saying to him, "By thy life, our father Shitil,   Go with us to the jordan!"   "If I go with you to the jordan,   Who will be your witness?"   "Lo, Moon who shineth above us,   He will be our witness!"   "It is not he whom I seek,   Not he whom my soul desireth.   The moon, of whom ye spake,   Riseth at dusk and setteth at dawn.   The moon of which ye spake,   the moon is vanity and cometh to an end   And his worshippers come to an end and are vanity." ***   I rose up from the jordan   And a group of souls I met,   A group I met of souls   Who surrounded our father Shitil,   Saying to him, "By thy life, our father Shitil,   Go with us to the jordan!"   " If I go with you to the jordan   Who will be your witness?"   "Lo, there burns a fire.   It will bear witness for us."   "That is not what I seek,   Not that which my soul desireth.   The fire of which ye spake   Once a day needs a firebrand.   The fire of which ye spake --   Fire, is vanity and cometh to naught   And its worshippers come to naught and are vanity." ***   I rose up from the jordan   And a group of souls I met,   I met a group of souls   Who surrounded our father Shitil,   Saying to him, " By thy life, our father Shitil,   Go with us to the jordan!"   "If I go with you to the jordan,   Who will be your witness?"   "The jordan and its two banks   Will bear witness for us;   Pihta, kushta and mambuha   Will bear witness for us;   Habshaba, (Sunday) and Kana-d-Zidqa   Will bear witness for us;   The sanctuary in which we worship   Will bear witness for us;   The alms that is in our laps   Will bear witness for us;   And our father who is our head   Will bear witness for us."   "this is that which I seek,   This is that which my soul desireth!   When I rise to the House of Life   And travel to the Everlasting Abode,   When Life questioneth me, (these) witnesses   Will come and will bear witness.   Witnesses of the truth are they,   Sure is all that they say!" And Life is victorious!

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The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans as translated by E.S. Drower E.J. Brill:Leiden 1959 pages 26-28

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