1] We declare your exaltation, O Maratrea; for you will lift up your Cause to the assumption of the place, and will cause not the enmity to triumph 2] O Maratrea our Goddess, we cry unto you, and in our crying you heal us 3] O Maratrea, you have lifted up our souls from the deep pit of despair that pit wherein the grave is beckoning you keep us in life, even when life becomes a heavy weight for whenever you send suffering, shortly thereafter do you send consolations however small at first may they be 4] Sing unto Maratrea, O people vowed faithfully to serve her Cause 5] Her burning passion endures without beginning and without end: Her holy night will transform all weeping into joy 6] And in the abundance of blessing, we shall each declare A moment beginningless and endless and unalterable and in so saying, we will speak the perfect truth 7] Maratrea, by your favour for your Cause it will stand strong like a great mountain that is immoveable Though for a time you hide from us the beauty of your face And we are troubled in our poverty You will reveal unto us the fulness of your glory 8] We cry out unto you, O Maratrea; and unto Maratrea we address our praise 9] How does our blood profit your Cause, As our bodies are cast down into the pit? Shall our decaying flesh praise you? Shall it declare your truth? Why then do you by your will so command? For the sake of the beauties you thereby purchase 10] Without doubt do you hear us, O glorious Maratrea, and incomparable is your love for us: Maratrea, without doubt you favour us in your Cause 11] You will transmute our mourning into ecstasy: you will tear up these sacks into which you have thrown us worlds which for us are without blessing and encase us in perfect contentment 12] Therefore the glory of our souls each but a small part of your glory sings praise unto you, and remains not silent O Maratrea our Goddess, we will praise you until we have become that very you whom we praise |
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