A white stone and a new na- me, at peace with the lord and freed from blame, all debts re- mitted, thy sould washed clean, O glorious splen- dours of the rebirth.
...But that stone is a lump of coal, for thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
A white stone and a new name, restoring the years that the locust have eaten, again clean enough to speak his name, oh happy vantage of a knee- ling knee
...But that name is a ghost unseen, for thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin... thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Numbered, weighed, and found wanting...
A white stone and a new na- me, thy lamp removed from the altar of shame, but that name is a ghost unseen, for thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.