At the dread of the night
Of a new moon day
With a fresh human corpse
Complete and uninjured
Kept facing downward
A yantra is drawn on its back

Seated on this shavasana
Performing the japas
The sadhaka seeks
To open the eye of his mind
And identify
The living principle within himself

Shava sadhana
The meditation over a corpse
Shava sadhana
The meditation over a corpse

Awaiting the dark goddess to possess
The seat of worship
Awaiting for it to turn its head
And bless with the boon of enlightenment
Jai maha kali namosthuthe