The Invocation of the Deathless One Lyrics

Yig, lord of the Old Ones
Most ancient and wise in wisdom
Known as APEP to the dwellers of the Nile
For his true shape is the one of a snake

He has no beginning
He has no end
For his body is unending
And deathless

His children are the snakes
Wherever a serpent crawls, there watches Yig
For all holding the essence of him
Who is great in their multitude

He has no beginning
He has no end
For his body is unending
And deathless

The cosmic serpent that encircles the world

In his secret temples of the west
His worshippers summon him to their rites:

Possess my body with your spirit!
My limbs are anointed in blood
My eyes are rolled back into my head
I am lying upon the sand

Enter this fleshen vessel!
Insert your teaching into my mind!
I'm undulating upon my belly
Hissing my lips but cease to speak
As an imitation of the snake

Yë, y'ti fl'anglh ugg'a thu'lh!
Yig aeth fl'anglh uuthah!

Approach deathless one!
Heed the summons of the flute!