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Shai Hulud

from Horsetamer by Julia Ecklar

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about

Dune is my Lord of the Rings.

Don’t get me wrong – I totally love the Lord of the Rings movies! And I thank J.R.R. Tolkien every time I sit down to play D&D. But I have never, ever been able to slog through the books. Too many places, names, legends, languages, histories, nicknames, side quests for my more logical, linear brain.

Ah, but Dune…

Ecology! Anthropology! Really awesome giant worms! Dune is the first book I remember that looked at the wheels within wheels of interplanetary politics and economics, that tried to create a place and a time that wasn’t just people from the 1960s thrown into the future. I re-read it every few years, and my appreciation for the thought and structure that went into the novel increases (especially in the last dozen years or so, when Western awareness of Arabic culture has seen such an upsurge).

I loved the feel of this song from the first moment I heard it. The strong rhythms, the simple narrative belying more complicated workings underneath – everything captured the emotional heart of the story. Add John Maione’s wild guitar work and Palya Bea’s radiant vocal ad libs, and you can practically smell the spice in the burning air.

lyrics

Shai, Hulud!
Send me a Great One,
Send me the courage to ride it well.
Shai, Hulud!
Send me a way to change
The nightmare the Spice foretells.
Shai, Hulud!
Send me a new way,
And vengeance for those who die.
Shai, Hulud!
Send me a Worm to ride.

My homeworld was a water dream
That I had left behind.
Arrakis and her Spice had filled
The corners of my mind.

My mother stood beside me,
Father’s ring was on my hand
When I started up the drumming,
And we crossed the desert sand.

I learned the ways of Fremen,
And I taught them mine, as well.
We trained an army twice as fierce
As any spawned in hell.

I had to prove my manhood
If I wished to hold command.
So I started up the drumming,
And I waited, hook in hand.

I’ve drunk the Maker’s waters,
And I’ve searched each future path.
And nothing in my visions
Can prevent the days of wrath.

So I gather up the army
For a final bloody stand,
And we start the thumpers drumming,
And we ride across the sand.

The tales and songs will live beyond
The ending of my days,
And all that I have felt and loved
Will pass too soon away.

I walk into my future,
Knowing every step by heart.
And none will ever guess
How much I dread to play my part.

credits

from Horsetamer, released April 6, 2013
Claypot Percussion: R.J. Heid
Acoustic Guitars: John Maione
Electric Guitars: Dale Cinski
Electric Bass: Tom Bellin
Opening Synth Guitar Solo: Michael Moricz
Violin: Warren Davidson
Desert Woman: Palya Bea
Chorus of Fremen: Gregg Brandt, Billy Hepfinger & Joe Jackson
Guttural Chanting: Michael Moricz

Song © 1988 Kathy Mar

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