Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
 The monument of a deceiving spirit
 Of myriads of deceiving spirits born of our godly father
 Thou that acknowledgest the son, do not deny the father
 Rather, stand up with the twenty four elders and say
 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!
 Accept the truth revealed in Emmanuel
 And listen: one Lord, one faith, one baptism
 All that He decides is holy, all that He says is law
 Do not worship Him by kneeling before Him if in thine heart
 Is no true joy at the sight of Ariel covered by the ashes of devastation.
 Do not worship Him unless your soul glitters of the purity of sin
 And of unearthly virtues.
 It shall truly contain the vision of the fallen tabernacle of David,
 That which brought forth our Elisha that ignites in flames so pure.
 Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
 Let no human knowledge impeach Divine Truths
 Nor any mists of incredulity prevent your mind
 From touching Divine Mysteries, hear the voice:
 Before Abraham was I am
 Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
 Drink from the grail He sanctified when
 The frail saviour failed to raise up
 The destroyed temple in three days
 And open your purged mind
 To Divine Oracles:
 May the tributes of faith be rendered to Faith.
 Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
 I shall descend in humiliation before Thee
 And ascend before men only if thy will ordains me
 In the midst of my carnal temple shall forevermore
 Sound these tremendous words
 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!
 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!
 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!