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O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and attributes!
Thou art
He Who from everlasting hath ordained what hath pleased Thee,
and will
unto everlasting abide the same.
No God is there but Thee,
the
Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Merciful.
O God,
my God!
I have set out from my home,
holding fast unto the cord of
Thy love,
and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care and Thy
protection.
I entreat Thee by Thy power through which Thou didst protect
Thy loved ones from the wayward and the perverse,
and from every
contumacious oppressor,
and every wicked doer who hath strayed far from
Thee,
to keep me safe by Thy bounty and Thy grace.
Enable me,
then,
to
return to my home by Thy power and Thy might.
Thou art,
truly,
the
Almighty,
the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.
From the sweet-scented streams of Thine eternity give me to drink,
O my
God,
and of the fruits of the tree of Thy being enable me to taste,
O my
Hope!
From the crystal springs of Thy love suffer me to quaff,
O my Glory,
and beneath the shadow of Thine everlasting providence let me abide,
O my
Light!
Within the meadows of Thy nearness,
before Thy presence,
make me
able to roam,
O my Beloved,
and at the right hand of the throne of Thy
mercy,
seat me,
O my Desire!
From the fragrant breezes of Thy joy let a
breath pass over me,
O my Goal,
and into the heights of the paradise of
Thy reality let me gain admission,
O my Adored One!
To the melodies of the
dove of Thy oneness suffer me to hearken,
O Resplendent One,
and through
the spirit of Thy power and Thy might quicken me,
O my Provider!
In the
spirit of Thy love keep me steadfast,
O my Succorer,
and in the path of
Thy good-pleasure set firm my steps,
O my Maker!
Within the garden of
Thine immortality,
before Thy countenance,
let me abide for ever,
O Thou
Who art merciful unto me,
and upon the seat of Thy glory stablish me,
O
Thou Who art my Possessor!
To the heaven of Thy loving-kindness lift me
up,
O my Quickener,
and unto the Day-Star of Thy guidance lead me,
O Thou