Over here sand blows,
Over there sand blows.
Over there a rich man waits,
Over here I wait.
Shai-Hulud abides through all.
Time flinches. Stars blink.
Shai-Hulud abides through all.
Shai-Hulud! Old Man of the Desert.
Shai-Hulud! Old Father Eternity.
Shai-Hulud! Grandfather of the Desert.
Through my naked knife, you smile.
My foe’s mortal wound smiles back.
Through your molten belly,
Was the world forged.
Before the Before,
Blessed be the Maker!
When all abiding ends,
And you swallow the stars, one by one,
Swallow the gravid moon,
Swallow light, swallow dark, swallow time, swallow all.
After the After,
Blessed be the Taker!
With a belly full of all,
You will slither,
Through darkness that is not darkness,
Carrying us to what comes next.