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“My God, my Provider, my Beloved, my Desire! Unto Thee have I come…”

What follows is my provisional translation (in other words, not official or authorized; see here for more) of a prayer of Baháʼuʼlláh, the original text of which has been published in Adʻíyyiy-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Maḥbúb, p. 351. 

My God, my Provider, my Beloved, my Desire! Unto Thee have I come, imploring from Thee that which is conducive to Thy grace. Thou art the Ocean of bounty, the Lord of all being. From eternity Thy glance hath been the source of beneficent bestowals. Deprive not Thy servants thereof, and debar them not from the court of Thy holiness and nearness. Thou art the Giver, the Kind. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Bounteous.

A typescript of the original Persian text of this prayer appears below.

﴿ الها پروردگارا محبوبا مقصودا ﴾

بتو آمده‌ام و از تو می‌طلبم آنچه را كه سبب بخشش تو است. توئی بحر جود و مالك وجود. لا زال لحاظت علّت ظهور بخشش و عطا. عباد خود را محروم منما و از بساط قدس و قرب منع مفرما. توئی بخشنده و مهربان. لا اله الّا أنت العزيز المنّان.