Laid before the temple floor Upon the altar of ritual cleansing Prayers before the ceremony of burial Bathed in the liquid of fevered death Wash away the filth of humanity
One last repose before given to the earth A final entitlement of life's virtue Spared of the anatomist blade
Upon twilight thy death is given to the ground Washed and buried before sundown on the day of death To the earth swalloweth the dead, to the dead, rest of æternity, Untouched by the tools of man