You alone are life and death
To toiling mortals,
O Persephone, you nourish all,
Always, and kill them, too.
Hearken, O blessed goddess,
send forth the fruits of the earth
as you blossom in peace
and in gentle-handed health
bring a blessed life
and a splendid old age to him who is sailing
to your realm, O queen, and to mighty Plouton’s kingdom.
Dittany of Crete, Life Everlasting, Red Rose, Wormwood, Pomegranate, Cinnamon, Orris, Violet, Honeysuckle, Benzoin, Myrrh, Dragon’s Blood and Cypress.
You alone are life and death
To toiling mortals,
O Persephone, you nourish all,
Always, and kill them, too.
Hearken, O blessed goddess,
send forth the fruits of the earth
as you blossom in peace
and in gentle-handed health
bring a blessed life
and a splendid old age to him who is sailing
to your realm, O queen, and to mighty Plouton’s kingdom.
Dittany of Crete, Life Everlasting, Red Rose, Wormwood, Pomegranate, Cinnamon, Orris, Violet, Honeysuckle, Benzoin, Myrrh, Dragon’s Blood and Cypress.
