Abdullah Ansari : Take me by the Hand

The following is taken from the Intimate Conversations of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari. For more about the 11th c. Persian poet and mystic, see this earlier post.

O God,
Take me by the hand, for I have nothing to present to you.
Accept me, for I am unable to flee.
Open a door, for you open all doors.
Show the way, for you show all ways.
I give my hand to no helper,
for all are transitory:
only you abide forever.

Translation Wheeler M. Thackston

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