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I beseech Thee by the sighs which they whose souls
pant after Thee have uttered in their remoteness from
Thy court, and by the cries of such of Thy lovers as
bemoan their separation from Thee, to nourish me
with the wine of Thy knowledge and the living
waters of Thy love and pleasure. Behold Thy handmaiden,
O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else except
Thee, and who hath delighted herself with Thy
love, and lamented over the things that have befallen
Thee at the hands of the wicked doers among Thy
creatures. Do Thou ordain for her that which Thou
didst ordain for such of Thy handmaidens as circle
round the throne of Thy majesty, and gaze, at eventide
and at dawn, on Thy beauty.
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