Malkǝʾ-hymn to Sāṭnāʾel

Now I have begun to speak of him whose mouth is terrible, whose utterance is the glorious existence above the existence of thousands of angels: Sāṭnāʾel the subtle and Sāṭnāʾel the immense. Come to me that you may cut off the leaf of the hand of my earthly enemy, whose deed is immense, with a sword. Salutation to the remembrance of your name, which is fragrant, its odor; and to the hair of your head, long, the measure of the high one, its form. Come, Sāṭnāʾel, at each of his times. Now, now, when we heard his news, from among thousands of scholars his majesty is great. Salutation to your shoulders, which destroy the eye, like a pillar of gold, variegated, within his house which was appointed. Sāṭnāʾel, if he heard falsehood, it became; and your son Ṭeblyākos, who commands the demon, judges the living and buries the dead. Salutation to your stature, a furnace of flame and fire; and salutation again to your glorious form. Sāṭnāʾel, come, ruler of flesh and bone, until my enemies, those who are behind and in front, are destroyed, on the right and on the left.

Salutation to your house of fire, its furnace; and salutation to your servant, the one of destruction, the iron. Sāṭnāʾel, helper and provider for the children of death. Your fierce hands that move in swiftness. Upon us, my earthly enemy, for those who are beneath, rest. Salutation to your sword, Adam saw it, and did not yet know its form, its blade. Sāṭnāʾel, gold for Adam, a precious stone of the sea. I will not say to you, "How great is the time of your drinking?" For my earthly enemy, whose evil is abundant. Salutation to your awe-inspiring and terrifying majesty, more than the majesty of thousands of angels, by the word of the Hebrew lineage. Those who are named the nine orders. Come, come, Sāṭnāʾel, the honored, to crush my earthly enemy in a terrible contest. Salutation to your throne, seated at the head of the chiefs; and salutation again to the fringe of your honored garment. King of affliction, Sāṭnāʾel, priest of heaven and earth. When I recall your name, the name of the one who is both bitter and sharp, my enemy trembles and my foe is humiliated. Salutation to your furnace, the furnace of the father, Adam, strong for the one who makes the wise tremble. Sāṭnāʾel, helper in time of distress and affliction. Wondrous, wondrous is the memory of your name, wondrous, for it is a feast for Ruhab and Halib.

I bow, thrice to you, Devil, in heart. I bow to you, Halib. I bow to you, Lenhb. And I bow in Arbāb. I bow to you, Sāṭnāʾel, in head, to bone and in soul, to my enemy as you reign. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the honored. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the teacher. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the destroyer of the enemy. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, in the tongue of every creature. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, with your kingdom on earth. Behold, I have begun with what is not recited, the word of the existence of the honored, more than the existence of thousands of angels. Sāṭnāʾel, the subtle, and Sāṭnāʾel, the great. Come to me, that you may cut the hair of the one who mocks me with a sword, for my earthly enemy whose deed is great. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the honored. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the teacher. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, the destroyer of the enemy. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, in the tongue of every creature. Praise to you, Sāṭnāʾel, with your kingdom on earth. Sāṭnāʾel, seven times kill, seven times for my enemy, and make my enemy weary.