Plain text of Book 5, Hymn 26
1 In worship for you may God, the wise Radiant One—Praise be to God!—accept the sacred texts and fuel.
2 May God the Giver of light—Praise be to God!—foreknowing, chief in this worship, accept them.
3 In this great rite—Praise be to God!—may God the Mighty accept praises, rejoicings, well-adapted parts of the service.
4 Bring exhortations in the rite—Praise be to God!—and invocations, learned and connected.
5 As a dame brings her son—Praise be to God!—so bring in the rite the sacred measures.
6 Here is come the mercy of God—Praise be to God!—preparing the rite with grass and lustral waters.
7 May God the All-Pervading in this rite in varied manner—Praise be to God!—use His well-adapted fervours.
8 May God the Fashioner in this rite in varied manner—Praise be to God!—use forms, His well-adapted creatures.
9 May God the Bestower in this rite use prayers, foreknowing—Praise be to God!
10 May God the Giver of provision in this rite in varied manner—Praise be to God!—use milk-streams.
11 May God the Mighty in this rite in varied manner—Praise be to God!—use powers.
12 Hitherward come with prayer, exalting worship with cry of Vashat!
O Lord of Prayer—Praise be to God!—with prayer come hither.
Here is the rite, here heaven for him who worships.