Baleful liturgies İnside the dungeons Of its foes Sumer is bewitched accursed by the besieged They send out blackened shadows Famine spreads out like a plague Ceremony of sacrifice Spiritual war Held in a temple Built from ancient crafts Human torches guide the way for the evocation They summon demons From far beyond the stars A wise woman stood up against the hunger spell Her white magic is based upon the preservation of life And so she sings Time has come Tides stand still Blackness begone Inanna has formed her will Ceremony of sacrifice Spiritual war Held in a temple Built from ancient crafts Human torches guide the way for the evocation They summon demons From far beyond the stars The gods have spoken A magic contest shall decide on the matter of Aratta The wise woman confirmed her statutory verdict on the sorcerer Your sin is a capital offense I cannot grant you life She threw down her victim on the bank of the Euphrates He forfeits his vital force thus life is restored To Sumer Aratta admits his defeat To Sumer Aratta admits his defeat To Sumer