suppose that I would be patient on Your punishment...
suppose that I would be patient on Your punishment, how then, would I be patient on my separation from You? and suppose that I would be patient on the heat of Your fire, how then, would I be deprived of looking into Your honor? or how would I abide in fire, while I hope for Your forgiveness? O' my Master and my Protector! Thus, truly I swear by Your might, that if You leave me with the power of…
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