Deconsecration of the Monolith Lyrics

O mighty Ashur

Blessed sovereign

Destroyer of the strong

Lord of the world

Whose glory and dominion none escape

Grant my prayers

Grant the prayers of thy people

The sons of Ashur

In thy name and by thy hand

I laid low the vermin of Suru

I built a pillar over the city gate

I flayed all those chiefs who dared revolt

I covered the pillar with their skin

I walled up some within the pillar

I impaled some upon stakes

Some I bound to those stakes

I cut off the limbs

Of the royal officers who had rebelled

Countless among them I burned with fire

Many I took as living captives

From some I cut off their noses, their ears, their fingers

Of many I put out their eyes

I made one pillar of the living and another of heads

Other heads I bound to tree trunks across the city

Their young men and maidens I burned in the fire

Ash and smoke anointing the monolith

This monument I dedicate to you

O mighty lord

That we may surmount

This road of corpses

A bridge of souls

Paving the way to the

Land of the silver sky

With oil unceasing at the feasts of the gods

In life and bliss everlasting

Such is my prayer to the gods who dwell in the land of Ashur