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them the Tongue of Grandeur itself from the all-glorious Horizon, |
that |
Thou art God, |
that there is no God but Thee, |
and that He Who hath been |
manifested is the Hidden Mystery, |
the Treasured Symbol, |
through Whom the |
letters B and E (Be) have been joined and knit together. |
I testify that it |
is He Whose name hath been set down by the Pen of the Most High, |
and Who |
hath been mentioned in the Books of God, |
the Lord of the Throne on high |
and of earth below. |
O Lord of all being and Possessor of all things visible and invisible! |
Thou dost perceive my tears and the sighs I utter, |
and hearest my |
groaning, |
and my wailing, |
and the lamentation of my heart. |
By Thy might! |
My trespasses have kept me back from drawing nigh unto Thee; |
and my sins |
have held me far from the court of Thy holiness. |
Thy love, |
O my Lord, |
hath |
enriched me, |
and separation from Thee hath destroyed me, |
and remoteness |
from Thee hath consumed me. |
I entreat Thee by Thy footsteps in this |
wilderness, |
and by the words "Here am I. |
Here am I. |
" which Thy chosen Ones |
have uttered in this immensity, |
and by the breaths of Thy Revelation, |
and |
the gentle winds of the Dawn of Thy Manifestation, |
to ordain that I may |
gaze on Thy beauty and observe whatsoever is in Thy Book. |
Praise be to Thee, |
O my God, |
that Thou hast aided me to remember Thee and |
to praise Thee, |
and hast made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of |
Thy signs, |
and hast caused me to bow down before Thy Lordship, |
and humble |
myself before Thy Godhead, |
and to acknowledge that which hath been uttered |
by the Tongue of Thy grandeur. |
O God, |
my God! |
My back is bowed by the burden of my sins, |
and my |
heedlessness hath destroyed me. |
Whenever I ponder my evil doings and Thy |
benevolence, |
my heart melteth within me, |
and my blood boileth in my veins. |
By Thy Beauty, |
O Thou the Desire of the world! |
I blush to lift up my face |
to Thee, |
and my longing hands are ashamed to stretch forth toward the |
heaven of Thy bounty. |
Thou seest, |
O my God, |
how my tears prevent me from |
remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, |
O Thou the Lord of the |
Throne on high and of earth below! |
I implore Thee by the signs of Thy |
Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion to do with Thy loved ones as |
becometh Thy bounty, |
O Lord of all being, |
and is worthy of Thy grace, |
O |
King of the seen and the unseen! |