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turn my face,
and none who can have compassion on me that I may crave his
mercy.
Cast me not out,
I implore Thee,
of the presence of Thy grace,
neither do Thou withhold from me the outpourings of Thy generosity and
bounty.
Ordain for me,
O my Lord,
what Thou hast ordained for them that
love Thee,
and write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy
chosen ones.
My gaze hath,
at all times,
been fixed on the horizon of Thy
gracious providence,
and mine eyes bent upon the court of Thy tender
mercies.
Do with me as beseemeth Thee.
No God is there but Thee,
the God
of power,
the God of glory,
Whose help is implored by all men.
Suffer me,
O my God,
to draw nigh unto Thee,
and to abide within the
precincts of Thy court,
for remoteness from Thee hath well-nigh consumed
me.
Cause me to rest under the shadow of the wings of Thy grace,
for the
flame of my separation from Thee hath melted my heart within me.
Draw me
nearer unto the river that is life indeed,
for my soul burneth with thirst
in its ceaseless search after Thee.
My sighs,
O my God,
proclaim the
bitterness of mine anguish,
and the tears I shed attest my love for Thee.
I beseech Thee,
by the praise wherewith Thou praisest Thyself and the
glory wherewith Thou glorifiest Thine own Essence,
to grant that we may be
numbered among them that have recognized Thee and acknowledged Thy
sovereignty in Thy days.
Help us then to quaff,
O my God,
from the fingers
of mercy the living waters of Thy loving-kindness,
that we may utterly
forget all else except Thee,
and be occupied only with Thy Self.
Powerful
art Thou to do what Thou willest.
No God is there beside Thee,
the Mighty,
the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.
Glorified be Thy name,
O Thou Who art the King of all Kings!
Thou beholdest,
O my God,
the Day-Star of Thy Word shining above the
horizon of Thy prison-city,
inasmuch as within its walls He who is the
Manifestation of Thy Self and the Day-Spring of the light of Thy unity
hath raised His voice and uttered Thy praise.
The fragrances of Thy love
have thereby been wafted over Thy cities and have encompassed all the
dwellers of Thy realm.