He flies in the firmament observing all the things that be: we with this offering praise God, who set the Hound-star in the heavens as His sign.

2 The three, the black-spotted, set aloft in heaven, are His signs. All these I call to be our help, by God's leave, and keep this man secure from harm.

3 In waters is its origin, in heaven its station, its majesty on earth and in the ocean. We with this offering praise God, who set the Hound-star in the heavens as His sign.