haptalaon | Songs for Ritual: Age Sabbata (Reply)

This song is for sabbatic/Devil-work. It is in Latin, and can be spoken, chanted, hissed or sung as you prefer. It describes calling others to come to the Sabbat, and would be most suitable to begin a ritual.

Age Sabbata

Salvata me petentem artem

necesse est mi’ occultem

Quis comitatus excitare

cuius nomen explet mi’ cordam?

Ite! Vestimentis pedes

Proiectis agros ad lunam

Corporibus imbutis sanctis

Ulcis sanatas oleam.

Comita! peta potestam!

Propinquos adferunto!

Coniugimus brevi in hora

Nunc sabbata incipito!

Age age ad sabbata

Propter Satanas adest

Age age ad sabbata

Propter Satanas adest

Translation

Translated from Come to the Sabbat by Black Widow, a ludicrous 70s song which must be heard to be believed. I adore it.

This Latin version can be sung to the original melody, and if you sing it slowly and a capella sounds very Gregorian indeed.

It's based on Medieval and Renaissance Latin poetry, which combined the Latin language with English rhyme and rhythm structures. Latin poetry had its own structures which are far more of a headache to emulate. But this kind of sabbatic tradition is - essentially - the pop culture paganism of the early 1600s, so stet.

Alternative Version

The version above prioritises rhyme and rhythm over good latin. A fuller & more accurate translation:

Salvate me petentem experientiam occultam artem docere opus est mihi.
Quis comitatus audet excitare eum cuiusdam nomen explet cordem mihi?

Ite! Vestimentis proiectis pedes per rivulosque agrosque tesqua ad lunam,
corporibus imbutis oleis sanctis, ulcis sanatis herbis unguentis.

Comitamini me petentem potestam feminaeque vires propinquos adferunto!
Coniugimus in hora - nunc sabbata est