E kuʻu Akua, kuʻu Haku, ke Kumu o

kuʻu haʻehaʻe! ʻIʻimi nō kēia, ʻo Kou

mea lawelawe, i ka moe ma ka malu

o Kou lokomaikaʻi, a i ka maha ma ka

nani o Kou aloha, a nonoi aʻe hoʻi i Kou

mālama a me Kou hoʻomalu ʻana mai.

Noi haʻahaʻa au iā ʻOe, e kuʻu Haku,

e hoʻopale maila Kou maka moe ʻole,

i ka ʻike ʻana aʻe o koʻu mau maka i

kekahi, koe ʻo ʻOe. E hoʻoikaika hoʻi i

ka hiki o nā maka e kūʻike i Kou mau

ʻōuli, a e hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻAlihi Lani

o Kou Hōʻikena. ʻO ʻOe ka Mea Nona ka

hōʻikena o ka mana poʻokela i haʻukeke

ai ka mana nui.

ʻAʻohe Akua ʻē aʻe ʻo ʻOe wale nō, ka

Mana Loa, ka Lanakila Pau Loa, ke

Kaupalena ʻOle ʻIa.

Na Bahá’u’lláh

O my God, my Master, the Goal

of my desire! This, Thy servant,

seeketh to sleep in the shelter of Thy

mercy, and to repose beneath the canopy

of Thy grace, imploring Thy care and

Thy protection.

I beg of Thee, O my Lord, by Thine

eye that sleepeth not, to guard mine

eyes from beholding aught beside

Thee. Strengthen, then, their vision

that they may discern Thy signs, and

behold the Horizon of Thy Revelation.

Thou art He before the revelations of

Whose omnipotence the quintessence

of power hath trembled.

No God is there but Thee, the

Almighty, the All-Subduing, the

Unconditioned.

—Bahá’u’lláh