From Behind Apis Flaming nascence From heights descending Princely derivation Dawn's first light Sempiternal Processions spread Splendor burgeons Illumined Keys of Isis To gates of wisdom Cloaked and veiled From the profane Median of power Infinity's lustral center Adjoining diametric preservation Monumental attestations shade the unfit Only that which has come down may again rise Homa imbibed Hands wring life from a sybaritic throat Acvamedha - sacrificial blood clouds billowing Of orders higher, yet in between The world his temple in which to immolate Addled totality bisected Mercurial equipoise Horned suckler of Jupiter will climb between twin towers Thoughts of the mind Deeds of the hand Words of the tongue Twice adorned with wings Through hanging gardens On columns flicker Out of one will return the source of might Mithras arise From behind Apis Of lightning conceived Dawn's first light