By the direction of that God we journey: He will seek means to save and He will free us; the God who has engirt us with this girdle, He who has fastened it, and made us ready.

2 Thou, weapon of the seers, art made ready with devotion. First tasting of the votive milk, be a hero-slayer, O girdle.

3 As I am now a student claiming out of the living world a life devoted to God, so with austerity and prayer and fervour I bind this girdle round the man before me.

4 She has become, Faith's daughter, sprung from fervour, the sister of the world-creating seers. As such, O girdle, give us thought and wisdom, give us religious zeal and mental vigour.

5 Thou whom primeval seers girt about them, they who made the world, as such do thou encircle me, O girdle, for long days of life.