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51 They came, surrounded me with noise, and blocked my sight from you. I think I'm going to offer you the offering at the end. Now it is the end of the day, the sun is dim, and they all offer their gifts and go away, and I am alone, and I see you, standing by the door. But I found that I didn't leave an offering for you, I just raised my hands towards you. 52 Though thy bounty bestows, yet I claim more—I come not from thee to beg only a thirst-quenching nectar, but a spring; Not only that you lead me to the door, but to step into the halls of my Lord; Not just the gift of love, but the person I love himself.

53 I come to ask for your blessing to start the day. Let your eyes look into mine, if only for a moment. Friend, let me go to work with the assurance of your friendship. Let my heart be filled with your song, till at last through the tumultuous desert!Let the sunshine of your love kiss the peaks of my thoughts and linger in the fruitful valleys of my life. 54 You stand in front of me, please let my song turn into flames with the flash of your eyes.You stand among your stars, please let me find my own shining fire of worship in the little stars. The earth waits by the wayside of the universe;

You stand on the long green blanket she has laid for you; please let me feel my own bowing down in her green grass and pasture flowers. You stand in the lonely dusk where I watch alone; please fill the cup of my heart with loneliness, and let me feel your infinite love deep into my soul. 55 Let your love sound with my voice and rest with my silence. Let your love flow through my heart and seep into my every move. Let your love be like the stars, let me fall asleep at night and wake me up at dawn. Let your love burn in the fire of my longing and flow with my river of love.Let your love be with me all my life, as music is always with the harp.In the end, I will use my life and your love to give it back to you.

56 You are hidden in your glory, my lord. Sand and dew seem prouder than you. The brazen universe claims everything that is yours and never reveals it.You stood silently aside to make room for us; so love lit a lamp to seek you out and worship you as a god. 57 Returning from the banquet, the enchanting midnight calms my boiling blood. My heart was instantly at peace, like someone going to a desolate theater with lights out. Through the darkness my heart stands among the stars.I see, in the quiet court of our King, we play carefree. 58 Last night, as I recalled the days that were squandered, I suddenly remembered that you once said to me: "When you were young, you opened all your doors wide open with the joy of youth and carelessness.

The world comes and goes at your door at will, bringing with it its dust, its doubts, its noise, and its music. Along with the bustling crowd, I, an uninvited guest, walked into your door again and again, but you never noticed it. How could I have come to your house if you had wisely lived in seclusion and kept your door shut? " 59 When love prepares the seat for you, she treats others equally. Don't push people away to make room for you. Wherever the emperor of the world appeared, the guards dispersed the crowd there.When you come, my lord, the whole world follows you. 60

With the morning song, he knocked on our door and brought greetings from the rising sun. With him we drove the cattle to the pasture and played the piccolo in the shade of the trees.We lost track of him, but found him again and again among the crowds going to the market. At the busiest hour of the day, we would suddenly see him, sitting on the grass by the roadside. With his drums, we march forward, and with his singing, we dance. Bet our joys and sorrows to play his game to the end. On our little boat he was the helmsman. Together with him, we bumped and sailed on the stormy sea. At sunset, we lit a lamp for him and waited for him.