The Descent from Náa by IDOLOS
Tracklist
| 2. | The Descent | 8:34 |
Lyrics
The Narrator : They went down steep steps until they came out again upon the banks of turbulent river canyons. They passed through Scorpion River, but they were not stung. Then they arrived at Blood River. They were able to pass through it because they did not drink from it. Then they arrived at Pus River, which was nothing but a river of pus. Neither were they defeated here but simply passed through it as well.
At length they arrived at a crossroads and it was here at the four crossing roads that they were defeated. One was Red Road and another was Black Road; White Road was one while another was Yellow Road. Thus there were four roads. Now this,
The black road : “Me! Take me, for I am the lord’s road.”
The Narrator : At last they arrived at the council place of the lords of Xibalba, and there again they were defeated. They who were seated first in order were mere effigies of carved wood.
One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu : “Morning, One Death,” “Morning, Seven Death,” they said to the carved wood. Thus they did not prevail.
The Lords of Xibalba : “Ahahahahahah ahahahahha !!!! Ahahahahahahah !!!! We have completely prevailed !!! ”
One Death and Seven Death : “It is good that you have come. Tomorrow you shall put to use your yokes and your arm protectors “Sit down on our bench,”
One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu : “Ohhhh It burns !!! It burns !! This bench is made of e very hot stone...it burns our skin !”
The Lords of Xibalba : “Ahahahahahah ahahahahha !!!! Ahahahahahahah !!!! Our chest is becoming cramped from our laughter...Ahahahahahaha !! Now just go to the house. Someone will come to deliver your torch and your cigars there at the sleeping place”
The Narrator : Thus they arrived in the House of Darkness. There was nothing but darkness inside that house.
The Lords of Xibalba : “Tomorrow we will merely sacrifice them. They only have to make a mistake and straightaway they will die by means of our gaming things that we use to play ball”
The Narrator : White Dagger was the name of the ball of Xibalba. Their ball was sharp, shattered bones pierced through the ball of Xibalba. Thus One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu entered into the House of Darkness. At length one came to give them their torch, which was already lit. It had been sent by One Death and Seven Death, along with cigars for each of them which had also already been lit. These, then, were sent by the lords to One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu. They were seated cross-legged there in the darkness when the courier arrived to give to them their torch and their cigars. The torch was brightly burning when it arrived, and with it were lit each one of the cigars.
The courier : “These are to be returned at dawn. They are not to be used up. Instead, they are to be collected again intact. Thus say the lords to you” they were told. Therefore they were defeated. For they used up the torch as well as the cigars that had been given to them.
The Narrator : Xibalba is crowded with trials, for there are many kinds of trials there. The first of these is the House of Darkness, where nothing but darkness exists within. The second is named Shivering House, for its interior is thick with frost. A howling wind clatters there. An icy wind whistles through its interior. The third is named Jaguar House, where there are nothing but jaguars inside. They bare their teeth, crowding one another, gnashing and snapping their teeth together. They are captive jaguars within the house. The fourth trial is named Bat House, for there are none but bats inside. In this house they squeak. They shriek as they fly about in the house, for they are captive bats and cannot come out. The fifth, then, is named Blade House, for there are only blades inside—row upon row of alternating blades that would clash and clatter there in the house.
The next morning…
One Death and Seven Death: “Where are my cigars and my torch that were given to you last night?”
One Hunahpu and seven Hunahpu : “We finished them off, O lord.”
One Death and Seven Death : “Very well then, now your day is at an end. You are to die. Here your faces shall be hidden, for you are to be sacrificed,”
The Narrator : Then they were sacrificed and buried. It was at the place named Crushing Ballcourt that they were buried. The head of One Hunahpu was cut off, while the rest of his body was buried with his younger brother.
One Death and Seven Death : “Place his head in the midst of the tree that is planted by the road,”
The Narrator : The tree had never borne fruit until the head of One Hunahpu was placed in it. This was the tree that we now call the calabash.
One Death and Seven Death : “What a wonderful fruit !!! In a wonderful tree !! Look, we can see his facial expression on each fruit !! We can perceive the greatness of the essence of that tree !! Let no one cut the fruit, nor enter beneath the tree”
The Narrator : Thus they restricted themselves. All the Xibalbans restrained themselves. For the head of One Hunahpu was no longer clear, having become identical with the fruit of the tree whose name is the calabash. Great is the account of it. Now a maiden heard of it. Thus we shall now tell of her arrival there.
