Provisional Translation
- O thou who art always making mention of God!
- Guide people in the path of God like unto a lighted lamp.
- Be a herald among the people of the world
- Like the favored angels.
- Rise like a radiant star from the Horizon of the Love of God.
- Surge like an overflowing sea by the winds of the Gifts of God.
- Move like a springtime breeze
- Wafting from the Mystic Garden to Heaven.
- Lead like the illuminated morning of the Spiritual Horizons
- To the Placeless Sun of Truth.
- Be a speaking tongue and a true aurora.
- Be a shooting meteor and a down pouring cloud.
- Be a shining star and a glowing ray.
- Be all-embracing truth.
- Be a humble and modest being,
- So that you may become an obvious sign,
- A manifest banner,
- An absolute proof
- And a conclusive blessing
- So that you may transform the reality of this world
- Into Paradise by the Divine Breezes.
- All of these will be achieved by steadfastness
- And firmness in the Covenant of God.
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'Abdu’l-Bahá
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