[00:50.42]
[00:51.26]Fifteen times the leaves had shorn,
[00:55.13]Trod by boy and beast
[00:59.06]Kith and kin to fare him well
[01:03.16]The youngling parted east
[01:06.80]
[01:36.42]The rite was whet and worn with time,
[01:39.74]As sons dared risk unseen
[01:42.76]Mere passage had convinced the herd
[01:46.02]And none defied routine
[01:48.62]
[01:49.40]Eyes, fixed afar - a trial to come
[01:58.90]Now, his suffering - only begun
[02:06.31]
[02:18.35]He journeyed deep into the woods,
[02:21.83]And took no drink or food
[02:25.08]Desperate to become a man,
[02:28.16]'Fore stupor choked his mood
[02:31.08]
[02:31.48]Carrion gloated at each step,
[02:34.70]In dreams the evil milled
[02:37.68]Doubting every sickened thought
[02:40.85]Depraved against his will
[02:43.30]
[03:13.31]Eyes, turn inwards - observe with hate
[03:22.61]Now, this suffering - will not abate
[03:29.57]
[04:13.21]Growing weakness in his gait
[04:18.99]He slumped beneath the sun
[04:20.90]Each bleeding foot began to weep
[04:27.34]Skin and bone was one
[04:29.57]
[05:28.53]Rousing with a fitful gasp
[05:31.89]He crawled on tattered knees
[05:35.17]And bound for home by moon and star
[05:38.53]His trial was complete
[05:42.21]
[06:09.63]Staggers carried him to town
[06:16.32]His joy was soon to shed
[06:23.40]Kith and kin would greet him not
[06:30.04]For each one was dead
[06:33.56]
[07:07.97]The sixteenth leaves began to fall
[07:14.93]Indifferent, they withstood
[07:22.97]Now, a man with nothing left
[07:29.92]He turned back for the woods