Arachnon, Lord of the Lies
By Ramy Ditzanny
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Secreting in secret in slits in the stone a fat spider abides,
Yellow and evil and godawful stripes down his sides,
A species the desert derives.
To that rising thing
Each sunrise we bring
In our hands the gift offerings:
A chip of emerald, a babe of the flies,
A scarab beetle bristling and hissing black things;
A mottled blooddrop, a godly Burnabee bug.
And with a whole sacrifice fettered in webs till it dies
Together we behold a final convulsion in fire.
A beloved pet He is: our Rabbi and our Teacher,
Our heart's desire.
A tangled web He weaves between us of twisted love and abomination.
And with our belongings already we've brought the next creature,
The long, unwinding, writhing, reptile: spider-eater.
The Original:
By Ramy Ditzanny
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Secreting in secret in slits in the stone a fat spider abides,
Yellow and evil and godawful stripes down his sides,
A species the desert derives.
To that rising thing
Each sunrise we bring
In our hands the gift offerings:
A chip of emerald, a babe of the flies,
A scarab beetle bristling and hissing black things;
A mottled blooddrop, a godly Burnabee bug.
And with a whole sacrifice fettered in webs till it dies
Together we behold a final convulsion in fire.
A beloved pet He is: our Rabbi and our Teacher,
Our heart's desire.
A tangled web He weaves between us of twisted love and abomination.
And with our belongings already we've brought the next creature,
The long, unwinding, writhing, reptile: spider-eater.
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Romanization:
Ba?al ?Ax�uv
Rami Ditsani
Bas�ter bas�dek bas�la? ?akavi� �amen dar;
Tsahov ?avarbar meru�a? mexo?ar.
Ben zan midbar.
Dvar b�ker bevokro
Navo nevakro
Beyad�nu min?a. Le?aloto
Gezir izmaragd zevuvon,
?arpu�it ro?�et �e?orot;
N�tef-dam-nakod parat-mo�e-rab�nu.
Ve?et korban kalil kafut bakurim ?ad kloto-
Y�?ad ne?eze befirkus a?aron.
?ayat-ma?mad admor masat-lib�nu-
R�et to?eva ve'ahava na?ava tevuya beyn�ynu;
Bexel�ynu kvar hev�ynu mitpat�let re?eva- leta'a ?ava
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