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APIS Translation (English)

" (Recto):;Oil, Oil, Oil, holy Oil,;Oil that flows from under the throne of Iao Sabaoth,;Oil with which Isis anointed the bones of Osiris,;I cry to thee, Oil,;The sun and the moon cry to thee,;The stars of heaven cry to thee,;I desire to send thee.;Mayest thou come, and let me bring thee, and mayest thou bring so-and-so to me, me, so-and-so,;And make my love arise in her heart, and hers in mine, in the manner of a brother and a sister .....;I desire to beget her children.;Truly, truly I adjure thee,;The one whose head is in the heaven,;His foot being in the abyss.;In front of him being (what is) under the Sheep,;Behind him being under Draco,;The one in whose presence the heaven of all darkness is suspended .......";;(Verso):;"I shall tear out with an iron,;I shall dissolve it.;Nay, my Lord,;Do not give me into the hand of Dimelouchs,;Who (presides) over the Judgment.;Rather do I desire thee to go down to Hell.;And tear out all the thoughts of the Devil with reference to anyone, so-and-so,;And make my love arise in her heart and hers in mine:;It is I who cry,;It is thou who excutest the wish."