Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 21


 * XXI.
 * In the name of life.


 * Out of the Jordan I came up,
 * I met the tribe of souls.
 * I met the tribe of souls
 * who embraced our father Šitil.
 * They say to him:
 * "By your life, our father Šitil,
 * go with us to the Jordan River."
 * "If I go with you to the Jordan,
 * who will be a witness for you?"
 * "If the sun has risen,
 * it will be a witness for us".
 * "This is not what I desire,
 * this is not what my soul wants.
 * The sun, of which you speak,
 * rises in the morning, sets in the evening.
 * The sun, of which you speak,
 * the sun passes away.
 * Yes, the sun passes away,
 * its worshippers pass away".


 * I came up out of the Jordan,
 * I met the tribe of souls.
 * I met the tribe of souls
 * who embraced our father Šitil.
 * They say to him:
 * "By your life, our father Šitil.
 * go with us to the Jordan".
 * "If I go with you to the Jordan,
 * who will be a witness for you?"
 * "When the moon has risen,
 * he will be a witness for us".
 * "This is not what I desire,
 * that is not what my soul desires.
 * The moon, of which you speak,
 * rises in the evening, sets in the morning.
 * The moon, of which you speak,
 * the moon passes away.
 * Yes, the moon passes away,
 * its worshippers pass away".


 * I came up out of the Jordan,
 * and there I met the tribe of souls.
 * I met the tribe of souls
 * who embraced our father Šitil.
 * They say to him:
 * "By your life, our father Šitil
 * go with us to the Jordan."
 * "If I go with you to the Jordan,
 * who will be a witness for you?"
 * "If the fire flames,
 * it will be a witness for us".
 * "This is not what I desire,
 * this is not what my soul desires.
 * The fire, of which you speak,
 * goes out in its time (?) in the day.
 * The fire of which you speak,
 * the fire dies.
 * Yes, the fire passes away,
 * its worshippers pass away".


 * I went up from the Jordan,
 * there I met the tribe of the souls.
 * I met the tribe of souls
 * who embraced our father Šitil.
 * They say to him:
 * "By your life, our father Šitil,
 * go with us to the Jordan."
 * "If I go with you to the Jordan,
 * who will be a witness for you?"
 * "The Jordan with its two banks
 * will be a witness for us.
 * The Pihtā, the Kuštā and the Mambūgā
 * will be witnesses for us.
 * The Sunday and the almsgiving
 * will be witnesses for us.
 * The temple where we practice worship
 * will be a witness for us.
 * The alms in our hand
 * will be a witness for us.
 * Our father at our head
 * will be witness for us".
 * "This is what I desire,
 * this is what my soul wants.
 * "When I ascend to the house of life
 * and go to the light dwelling,
 * when life queries me,
 * witnesses will come and testify.
 * True witnesses they are,
 * true is all that they say."
 * And life is victorious.

Commentary

 * Recite this hymn after "Blessed are you, Outer Gate".

Mandaic transcription

 * bšuma ḏhiia
 * mn iardna silqit
 * bkana ḏ-nišmata pigit
 * bkana pigit ḏ-nišmata
 * ḏ-babun šitil mitkarka
 * amrilẖ
 * bhaiak abun šitil
 * asgia minaian l-iardna
 * ˁu masgina minaikin l-iardna
 * man nihuia ˁlauaikin sahda
 * hada ḏ-dnia šamiš
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * lahua ḏ-baiina
 * u-lahua ḏ-nišmat ṣabia
 * šamiš ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * qadim dna hašik arab
 * šamiš ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * šamiš mibṭal baṭil
 * mibṭal baṭil šamiš
 * u-sagadẖ mibṭal baṭlia
 * mn iardna silqit
 * bkana ḏ-nišmata pigit
 * bkana pigit ḏ-nišmata
 * ḏ-babun šitil mitkarka
 * amrilẖ
 * bhaiak abun šitil
 * asgia minaian l-iardna
 * ˁu masgina minaikin l-iardna
 * man nihuia ˁlauaikin sahda
 * hada ḏ-dnia sira
 * ˁlauaian nihuia bsahdia
 * lahua ḏ-baiina
 * u-lahua ḏ-nišmat ṣabia
 * sira ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * hašik dna qadim arab
 * sira ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * sira mibṭal baṭil
 * mibṭal baṭil sira
 * u-sagadẖ mibṭal baṭlia
 * mn iardna silqit
 * bkana ḏ-nišmata pigit
 * b-kana pigit ḏ-nišmata
 * ḏ-babun šitil mitkarka
 * amrilẖ
 * b-haiak abun šitil
 * asgia minaian l-iardna
 * ˁu masgina minaikin l-iardna
 * man nihuia ˁlauaikin sahda
 * hada ḏ-iaqid nura
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * lahua ḏ-baiina
 * u-lahua ḏ-nišmat ṣabia
 * nura ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * zibna b-iuma auda
 * nura ḏ-amartin ˁlẖ
 * nura mibṭal baṭil
 * mibṭal baṭil nura
 * u-sagadẖ mibṭal baṭlia
 * mn iardna silqit
 * b-kana ḏ-nišmata pigit
 * bkana pigit ḏ-nišmata
 * ḏ-babun šitil mitkarka
 * amrilẖ
 * bhaiak abun šitil
 * asgia minaian l-iardna
 * ˁu masgina minaikin l-iardna
 * mn nihuia ˁlauaikin sahda
 * iardna u-trin kipẖ
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * pihta u-kušṭa u-mambuga
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * habšaba u-kana ḏ-zidqa
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * maškna ḏ-sagdinabẖ
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * zidqa ḏ-b-kanpaian
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * abun ḏ-b-rišaian
 * ˁlauaian nihuia b-sahdia
 * hazin hu ḏ-baiina
 * hazin nišmat ṣabia
 * kḏ ˁsaq l-bit hiia
 * u-ˁiasgia l-daura taqna
 * kḏ nišailunan hiia
 * nitun sahdia u-nisihdun
 * sahdia hinun ḏ-kušṭa
 * u-šarira kul ḏ-amrin
 * u-hiia zakin
 * s_____a


 * hazin draša druš abatar brikit tira baraia
 * s_____a