The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
From the Persian
12O Man of Two Visions!
Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved.
13O My Children!
I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove of heaven, ye will sink back to the shades of utter loss, and, never having gazed upon the beauty of the rose, return to water and clay.
14O Friends!
Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty that must die, and set not your affections on this mortal world of dust.
15O Son of Spirit!
The time cometh, when the nightingale of holiness will no longer unfold the inner mysteries and ye will all be bereft of the celestial melody and of the voice from on high.
16O Essence of Negligence!
Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one speech, and myriads of hidden mysteries
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