Akdamut

Leader: “Where is your Beloved from, yes who is He, who is so beautiful, that you let yourselves be killed for Him in the lions’ den? Cong: “You would be more respected, lovelier, if you bent yourselves to our rule: your will would be done then wherever you would be.’ Leader: With wisdom I reply to them, telling them of the end — “If you only knew, if you only truly knew Him, Cong: “and what your greatness is worth when compared to that glory, or the greatness I will be granted when my salvation comes... Leader: “When light comes to me, and shame covers you over; when His presence is revealed to me in might and in great pride.” Cong: He shall pay His enemies back in kind, the aggressors of the distant isles, and perform justice for the beloved people, rich in merit, Leader: when He brings perfect happiness, and us as pure vessels; when He brings the exiles back into the city of Jerusalem. Cong: He shall cast His glory over them day and night, as a canopy where they shall voice the splendor in joyful songs, Leader: for the shining of those clouds will make each canopy fine as the actions of the one who sits in it; so will each shelter be made. Cong: On seats of finest gold, in seven tiers, sit the righteous in their places before the One whose acts are manifold. Leader: And they appear as seven tiers of joy, like the dome of the sky in its brilliance, like stars of light. Cong: This is a glory no mouth can express, glory that the prophets never heard or saw in their visions.