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Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties]; |
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[The way of] Heaven is evident, |
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And its appointment is not easily [preserved]. |
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Let me not say that It is high aloft above me. |
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It ascends and descends about our doings; |
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It daily inspects us wherever we are. |
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I am [but as] a little child, |
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Without intelligence to be reverently [attractive to my duties]; |
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But by daily progress and monthly advance, |
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I will learn to hold fast the gleams [of knowledge], till I arrive at bright intelligence. |
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Assist me to bear the burden [of my position], |
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And show me how to display a virtuous conduct. |
Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia