As the stars are blotted out by the blackness And a black sun swallows the Earth Mother of darkness with terrifying aspect Murderess, destroyer begins to give birth I've seen her before in the eyes of the women Her dark song sings from the hearts of the girls As a man I tremble terrified This cycle is endless and always within us she shall... Rise Kali, rise Kali, rise Kali, rise In two hands she holds two blades of destruction In another she holds a severed head In another she holds a chalice of blood Mother and killer who is both life and death Paradox goddess, swallower of time I will cross my threshold of fear Cut my head of from my body Dance with me into oblivion where we shall... Rise Kali, rise Kali, rise Kali, rise May I give my head to hang upon your garland? May I cross the threshold, may I pledge my heart, mind and soul? One thousand shades of death, scattering plague and destruction Dancing mad with joy, come o' mother... Rise! She embodies the ultimate horror And I will walk through my terrors to her She is a roaring whirlwind Of a million screaming lunatics Rip the trees up from their roots Crack the rocks of the Earth asunder Wash away the mountains to dust Time, all destroyers, come o' mother... Rise Kali, rise Kali, rise Kali, rise Kali Mother of death!