torsdag den 24. maj 2012

Funeral Hymn. From the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC). Translated by Wendy Honiger.

1. For some, the Soma is purified; others sit down for butter. Those for whom honey flows - let the dead man go away straight to them.

2. Those who became invincible through sacred heat, who went to the sun through sacred heat, who made sacred heat their glory - let him go away straight to them.

3. Those who figh in battles as heroes, who sacifice their bodies, og those who give thousands to the priests - let him go away straight to them.

4. Those who first nursed Order, who had Order and made Order grow great, the fathers full of sacred heat, O Yama - let him go away straight to them.

5. Those who inspired poets who know a thousand ways, who protect the sun, the seers full of sacred heat, O Yama - let him go away to those who are reborn through sacred heat.