I — The Purifying Provision of God

1 Pour down the rain upon us, pour a wave of waters from the sky, and plenteous store of wholesome food!

2 Flow onward with that stream of thine, whereby the cows have come to us, the kine of strangers to our home.

3 Dearest to the righteous in sacred rites, pour on us fatness with thy stream, pour down on us a flood of rain!

4 To give us vigour, with thy stream run through the fleecy straining-cloth! For verily the righteous will hear.

5 Onward hath the purifier flowed and beaten off the wicked, flashing out splendour as of old.

II — God the Mighty

1 Bring forth offerings to the God who knoweth all, who fain would receive, the wanderer, lagging not behind the hero, coming nigh with speed!

2 With gifts go ye nigh to Him, chief receiver of the offering: with beakers to the impetuous God, to the Mighty with the flowing drops!

3 What time with gifts, with the drops effused, ye come before the God, full wise, He knows the hope of each, and, bold One, strikes this foe and that.

4 To Him, servant! yea, to Him give offerings of the juice expressed! Will He not keep us safely from the spiteful curse of each presumptuous high-born foe?

III — The Purifying Provision of God

1 Sing ye a song to the brown-hued, of independent might, the Red, who reaches up to heaven!

2 Purify the gift when effused with stones which hands move rapidly, and pour the sweet milk in the sweetness.

3 With humble homage draw ye nigh; blend the offering with the curds: to the Mighty offer it up.

4 Foe-queller, strong and swift, doing the will of the righteous, pour forth prosperity upon our kine.

5 Heart-knower, Sovereign of the heart, thou art effused, that the Mighty may receive thee and rejoice.

6 O Purifier, give us riches and heroic strength, with the Mighty our ally!

IV — God the Mighty

1 O Light-giver, Thou mountest up to meet the hero famous for his wealth, who hurls the bolt and works for men;

2 Him who with might of both his arms broke nine-and-ninety castles down, overthrew the evil one and smote the serpent dead.

3 This Mighty One is our gracious friend. He sends, like a full-streaming cow, riches in horses, kine, and corn.

V — The Light-giver

1 May the bright light receive the glorious sweetness of the gift, giving the lord of the worship unbroken life. He who, wind-urged, in person guards our offspring well, nourishes them with food and shines o'er many a land.

2 Radiant, as high Truth, cherished, best at winning strength, Truth based upon the statute that supports the heavens, he rose, a light that kills the wicked and enemies, best slayer of the oppressors and foes.

3 This light, the best of lights, supreme, all conquering, winner of riches, is exalted with high laud. All-lighting, radiant, mighty as the sun to see, he spreadeth wide unshaken victory and strength.

VI — God the Mighty

1 O Mighty, give us wisdom as a sire gives wisdom to his sons. Guide us, O much-invoked, in this our way: may we still live and look upon the light!

2 Grant that no mighty foes, unknown, malevolent, unhallowed, tread us to the ground! With Thine assistance, hero, may we pass through all the waters that are rushing down!

VII — God the Mighty

1 Protect us, O Mighty, each to-day, each to-morrow, and each following day! Through all the days shalt Thou, Lord of the brave, preserve our singers both by day and night!

2 A crushing warrior, passing rich, is the Bountiful, endowed with all heroic strength. Thine arms, O Hundredfold in power, are exceeding strong, those arms which grasp the thunderbolt.

VIII — The River

1 We call upon the flowing river as men who long for blessing, as bounteous men who yearn for sons.

IX — The River

1 Yea, she most dear amid dear streams, seven-sistered, loved with fondest love, hath earned our praise.

X — God the Light-giver, the Lord of Prayer, God the Radiant

1 May we attain that excellent glory of God the Light-giver: so may He stimulate our prayers!

2 O Lord of prayer, make Thou Thy servant a loud chanter of praise!

3 O God, Thou pourest life: send down upon us food and vigorous strength; drive Thou misfortune far away!

XI — God the Friend and the All-Seeing

1 So help ye us to riches, great celestial and terrestrial wealth. Vast is your sway among the angels!

2 Carefully tending Law with law they have attained their vigorous might: both, devoid of guile, wax strong.

3 With rainy skies and streaming floods, Lords of the food that falls in dew, a lofty seat have they attained.

XII — God the Mighty

1 They who stand round Him as He moves harness the bright, the ruddy steed: the lights shining in the sky.

2 On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to Him, brown, bold, who bear the hero on.

3 Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men, where form was not, wast manifest together with the Dawns.

XIII — The Purifying Provision of God

1 For Thee this gift is effused, O Mighty: accept of this juice; for Thee the stream is flowing—the gift which Thou thyself hast made and chosen, for Thy special drink to cheer Thee!

2 Like a capacious car hath it been harnessed, the mighty, to acquire abundant treasures. Then in the worship they shouted lauding all triumphs won by the people in the battle.

3 Flow onward like the potent band of angels, like that celestial host which none revileth! Quickly be gracious unto us like waters, like worship victorious, thousand-fashioned!

XIV — God the Radiant

1 O God, Thou hast been ordained Lord of every act of worship, by the angels, among the race of men.

2 So with sweet-sounding tongues for us worship nobly in this rite: bring Thou the righteous and worship them.

3 For, as disposer, O God, most wise in worship, Thou knowest straightway the roads and paths.

XV — God the Radiant

1 Immortal, Guide, and God, with wondrous power He leads the way, urging the congregations on.

2 Strong, He is set on deeds of strength. He is led forth in holy rites, Sage who completes the worship.

3 Excellent, He was made by thought. The germ of beings have gained. Yea, and the Source of active power.

XVI — God the Radiant

1 Pour on the juice the heated milk which hasteneth to heaven and earth; bestow the liquid on the Bull!

2 These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows, they come together with their kin.

3 Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, for the Mighty and the Radiant, homage, light.

XVII — God the Mighty

1 In all the worlds that was the best and highest whence sprang the mighty one, of splendid valour. As soon as he is born he smites his foemen, he in whom all who lend him aid are joyful.

2 Grown mighty in his strength, of ample vigour, he strikes fear into the oppressor, eager to win the breathing and the breathless. All sang Thy praise at banquet and offering.

3 All concentrate on Thee their mental vigour, what time these, once or twice, are Thine assistants. Blend what is sweeter than the sweet with sweetness: win quickly with our sweetness that sweetness in battle.

XVIII — God the Mighty

1 At the Trikadrukas the great and strong enjoyed the barley-brew. With the All-Pervading did He accept the pressed-out gift, even as He would. That hath so heightened Him the great, the wide, to do His mighty work. So may the angel attend, true and faithful to the True!

2 Brought forth together with wisdom and potent strength Thou grewest great: with hero deeds subduing the malevolent, most swift in act; giving prosperity and lovely wealth to him who praiseth Thee. So may the angel attend, true and faithful to the True!

3 So He resplendent in the battle overcame the proud by might. He with His majesty hath filled the earth and heaven, and waxen strong. One share of the offering hath He accepted: one share He left. Enlighten us! So may the angel attend, true and faithful to the True!