Submission to God, who decreed death! May thy breathings, inward and outward, still remain within thee. Here stay this man united with his spirit in the sun's realm, the world of life eternal!

2 God has lifted up this man, and by His provision, His might and His angels raised him up to health.

3 Here is thy spirit, here thy breath, here is thy life, here is thy soul: by a celestial utterance we raise thee from destruction's bonds.

4 Up from this place, O man, rise! sink not downward, casting away the bonds of death that hold thee. Be not thou parted from this world, from sight of the fire and the sun.

5 Purely for thee breathe the wind and the air, and let the waters rain on thee their nectar. The sun shall shine with healing on thy body; death shall have mercy on thee: do not leave us!

6 Upward must be thy way, O man, not downward: with life and mental vigour I endow thee.

7 Ascend this car eternal, lightly rolling; then full of years shalt thou address the meeting.