Lurid Circle

Bow the monster with the pointed tail
Who cleaves the hills and breaketh walls and weapons
Hail him who infecteth all the world
His tail was wholly quivering in the void.

Contorting upwards the envenomed fork
That in the guise of scorpion armed its point
Now be seen as woltwarrior, now be strong and bold
As I gazing round me come among them
Be wildered and glorified for the inner truth.

The new inhabitants and the sudden gains
Pride and extravagance have in thee engendered.

As falcon who has long been on the wing
Full of love and equally hate
Through this divine circle and a light
Beside my master, sullen and disdianful.

So many the soul for a long while conduct
And so may thy renown shine after thee
The new inhabitants and the sudden gains
Pride and extravagance have in thee engendered
As I'm gazing round me come among them
Be wildered and glorified for the inner truth.