T-S 13 J 11.4

RECTO

1. 1 Peace from on high and blessings that [flourish] like the grass of the hills, like drops from Heaven and the fishes of the depths.

2. 2 Strength and vigor, grace, lovingkindness and mercy, and long life, like the father of the multitude who lived a full life

3. 3 and like him who was bound on the mountain supernal, and like Jacob, a man of perfection and a dreamer of dreams, and like him who sprinkles its blood

4. 4 seven times. May all blessings come and occur, be bound unto and set upon, the heads of my brothers

5. 5 Mar Solomon and Abu Sa‘id, gentle and deeply missed brothers, from me, Maliha, your sister,

6. 6 and my small daughter who is called Zoë, who pays her respects to you. We are alive, and they have assured me by

7. 7 the Rock of our redemption that you are, too, in happiness without mishap, rejoicing without pressures, in contentedness

8. 8 and advantage, without sorrow or lament. Would that I could write you that I am well, but I am not well,

9. 9 because at this moment, I'll tell you, my soul is restless in my heart, my step has faltered, my bones

10. 10 tremble, and my strength has melted away, for I have been separated from you now a number of years. Great is

11. 11 my yearning to see you face to face, and I would run at the pace of a lion

12. 12 and rush [to see you]. Indeed I say, “Would that I had the wings of a dove,” that I might take wing and be rejoined with

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