Anonymous: Litany Against Fear (from Biblical Hebrew)

(Note for people who haven't read Dune: this is just me screwing around)

Discovered unvocalized in a Qumran fragment. A vocalized version was found palimpsested in Aharon Ben Asher's recipe book.

Audio recording of the "original" text chanted in Tiberian Hebrew:


Prayer of the Sons of Gesserit
Translated by A.Z. Foreman

A prayer of the Sons of Gesserit at a time of trouble.
I must not fear. For fear is the mind's murderer.
Fear is the little death that turns 
To end my life over and over.
Without fear, I will die only once. 

The Original:




תְּפִלָּ֖ה לִבְנֵ֥י כתיב הגשרים קרי הַגְּֽסֵּרִי֑ת בְּעֵ֖ת הַֽצָּרָֽה׃ 
אַ֖ל אֶפְחָ֑דָה                 כִּ֣י פַ֔חַד ה֖וּא הוֹרֵ֥ג הַלֵּֽב׃
פַּ֛חַד ה֖וּא הַמָּ֥וֶת הַֽקָּט֑וֹן הַמִּֽתְהַפֵּ֖ךְ לַֽהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃ 
כְּאֵ֕ין פַּ֖חַד אָמ֑וּת          רַ֖ק פַּ֥עַם אֶחָֽת׃

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