Translation:Qolasta/Prayer 94

by Mark Lidzbarski

XCIV.

Hail, hail, soul,

that you have left the world.

You have left the decay

and the stinking body in which you dwelt,

the dwelling place, the abode of the wicked,

the place that is full of sinners,

the world of darkness,

of hatred, jealousy and discord,

the dwelling place where the planets dwell,

which bring pain and infirmity.

Pains they bring and afflictions,

and daily they agitate.

Rise, rise, soul,

ascend to your former land.

Rise up to your former land,

To the place from which you were planted,

to the place from which you were planted,

to your good dwelling of the Uthras.

Arise, put on your robe of splendor

And put on your resplendent garland.

Sit upon your throne of splendor,

which life has set up in the place of light.

Ascend, dwell in the Škīnās,

among the Uthras, your brothers.

As you are accustomed,

bless your original home

and curse this place

Of the house of your keepers.

For the years you dwelt in it,

the 7 were your adversaries.

your adversaries were the 7,

and the 12 were your persecutors.

Life is upheld and is victorious,

and victorious is the man who has gone here.

Mandaic transcription

ṭubak ṭubak nišma

ḏ-npaqt minẖ mn alma

npaqtẖ l-qiluma

u-l-pagra saria ḏ-huitbẖ

l-daura ḏ-dur bišia

l-atra ḏ-kulẖ haṭia

l-alma ḏ-hšuka

ḏ-sina qina u-plugia

l-daura ḏ-dairibẖ šibiahia

ḏ-kibia u-mumia masbia

kibia masbia u-mumia

u-kul ium rmilun marula

qumlak qumlak nišma

larqak qadmaita saq

saq l-arqak qadmaita

l-atra ḏ-minẖ ˁtinṣibt

l-atra ḏ-ˁtinṣibt minẖ

l-daurak ṭaba ḏ-ˁutria

paṣ lbuš ˁuṣṭlak ḏ-ziua

u-truṣ klilak rauza

saq dar b-škinata

binia ˁutria ahak

kḏ ḏ-malpit burkẖ

l-bit anašak qadmaia

u-luṭẖ l-hazin atra

ḏ-bit munqak

ḏ-šnia ḏ-huit b-gauẖ

šuba hambagak hun

šuba hun hambagak

u-trisar hulak ridpa

mištaiin hiia u-zakin

u-zakia gabra ḏasgia lka

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