I Ziscu Jev Diwed

I Ziscu Jev Diwed (roughly translated as "The Undending Sleep") is an ancient Imerian hymn dating back to before the fall of Naira. Written in the ancient Imerian dialect, it appears to have been sung during Ziscu Diwetav, a ceremony during which asari Matriarchs who had reached the autumn of their lives voluntarily interred themselves in open sarcophagi and imbibed a draught which induced an irreversible coma.

Though the Ziscu Diwetav is no longer performed, the song has persisted. It has received a negative connotation as the asari equivalent of the "Gloomy Sunday", due to the popular misconception that the Ziscu Diwetav was a form of ritual suicide, but its supporters, like Siani T'Nair, who published the English and Modern Asari translations of the song, insist that the song does not glorify suicide but instead celebrates the life of the Matriarch undergoing the ritual.

Trivia

 * The Imerian lyrics are based on rough, bastardized Welsh.
 * The Imerian lyrics are arranged so that they can be sung to the tune of "In Uthenera" (AKA "Leliana's Song"), from the Dragon Age: Origins soundtrack.