ܐܝܠ ܐܝܠܝ ܠܡܢܐ ܫܒܩܬܢܝ

[Aramaic – lamentation] ܐܝܠ ܐܝܠܝ ܠܡܢܐ ܫܒܩܬܢܝ Eli, Eli, lema šabaqtani Blood falls, stones remember, the earth shakes in silence. [Latin – chorus doloris] Crucifige, crucifige eum! Verbum carnis factum est vulnus. Et sanguis clamat super terram, clamor Abel novus in Golgotha. [Greek – oracle voice] Σῶμα τεθραυσμένον, ἀγάπη πληγωμένη. Φῶς ἐν σκότει λάμπει, ἀλλ’ οὐ καταλαμβάνει. [Hebrew – echo from prophets] שְׁאוֹל פָּתַח פִּיו אֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ בָּשָׂר אַךְ נֶפֶשׁ צוֹעֶקֶת אֱמֶת בְּאֵשׁ הַצְּלִיבָה [Latin – mystic gnosis] Non mors, sed transitus. Non crucem, sed portam. Sapientia occulta, ignis gnosticus intra venas. [Aramaic – whisper of desert] ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܓܘܒܐ ܗܘ (Malkuta d’Alaha guba hu) The kingdom is within, hidden in the wound. [Greek – rising hymn] Γνῶσις ἐν αἵματι, ἐλευθερία ἐν πάθει. Ἐσχάτη ἀγάπη, μυστικὸν πῦρ. [Latin – climax] Tenebrae factae sunt, sol obscuratus est. Velum scissum est, cor hominis apertum. [Aramaic – cry beyond death] ܚܝܐ ܒܡܘܬܐ ܐܬܓܠܝ (Life revealed in death) The serpent bites its own tail. The end is the beginning. [Shift – Vision of Scorsese] Christ breathes not his last, but sees a door of flesh, a woman’s hand, a child’s laughter. Another life. A table, bread, wine without cross. A dream of what could be. [Latin – point of temptation] Sed tentatio ultima: amor mundi sine sacrificio. Si hoc eligeret, numquid salus maneret? [Greek – soft coda] Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὄνειρος, καὶ ὁ σταυρός μου φῶς. Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀπάτη, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ὑπὲρ πάντων. [Aramaic – final word] ܢܚܡܬܐ ܒܡܘܬܐ Consolation in death. Not the iron, not the thorn, but the freedom to choose. [Latin – epilogue] Christus tentatus est, Christus passus est, Christus surrexit, sed in omni corde adhuc crucifixus est.