Songs of the Ancient Beauty

Whither Can Lover Go

God Sufficeth.

Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing on the heavens or the earth but God sufficeth Verily, He is in Himself the Knover, Sustainer, the Omnipotent.

Wither can a lover go?

Wither can a lover go but to the land of His beloved? And what seeker findeth rest away from his hart’s desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would forsake, a myriad lives he would forsake to hasten, hasten to the abode, To the abode of his beloved.

O God, My God.

O, God my God, my beloved! O God my God my hearths desire!

All praise be to Thee.

All praise be to thee, source of all! Source of glory and majesty! Sours of glory and majesty! Of glory and majesty! From all eternity Thou didst rule creation, and Thou wilt continue for evermore. There is none other God but Thee, none other God but Thee, All praise to Thee the source of all glory and majesty!

Hearken to the delightsome words.

Hearken to the delightsome words of my honeyed tongue, and guaff the stream of music holiness from my sugar – shedding lips. Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in pure soil of thy heart, and water them with the water of certitude, that the hyacinths of My knowledge and wisdom may sprig up fresh and green in the sacred city of thy heart.

The Lord’s prayer.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is on heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Remover of difficulties.

Is there any remover of difficulties save God? Say: praised be God! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding!

Prayer for the Hands of the Cause.

Light the glory, greeting and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause, Light the glory, greeting and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause, through whom the light of fortitude, through whom the light of fortitude, through whom the light of fortitude hath shone forth and the truth hath been established that authority to choose rests with God, with God, the powerful the Mighty, the Unconstrained. We beseech Him, exalted is He, shild them through the power of His hosts. Protect them though His potency, protect them through His potency, protect them through His potency, aid them through His streanth. Light and glory, greeting and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause.

O My servant.

Free thyself from the fetters of His world, loose thy soul from the prison of self. Seize thy chance, seize thy chance! O My servant! Didst thou behold a sovereignty immortal, thou would strive to pass from this world, fleeting world, fleeting world! O My servant, O My servant! Be not content with the ease of a passing day; be not deprived of everlasting rest. Trade not the garden of eternal delight for the dust – heap of a mortal world. Up from thy prison ascend unto glory, up from thy prison ascend unto glory, and from thy mortal cage with thy flight, O My servant!

O Thou by Whose name.

O Thou by whose name the sea of joy moveth and the fragrance of happiness is wafted. I ask thee to show me from the wonders of thy favor that which shall brighten my eyes and shall gladden my heart. Verily, thou art thou art the Giver, the Generous.

Noble have I created thee.

O Son of spirit! Noble, noble, have I created thee, Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself, yet thou hast abased thyself, yet thou hast abased thyself, O Son of spirit! Rise then unto that for which thou wast created, O Son of spirit!

O Son of man!

O Son of man! Veiled in my immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love to thee, therefore I have created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.

 Blessed is the spot.

Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and meadow where mention of God hath been made, praise glorified