1 O All-Seeing and Friend, the sun spreading the beauteous light of You ariseth.

He who beholdeth all existing creatures observeth well the zeal that is in mortals.

2 The holy sage, renowned afar, directeth his hymns to You, O All-Seeing and Friend,

He whose devotions, sapient, You favour so that You fill, as 'twere, with power his autumns.

3 From the wide earth, O All-Seeing and Friend, from the great lofty heaven, You, Bounteous Givers,

Have in the fields and houses set Your warders, who visit every spot and watch unceasing.

4 I praise the strength of the All-Seeing and the Friend, that strength, by mightiness, keeps both worlds asunder.

Heroless pass the months of the ungodly; he who loves devotion makes his home enduring.

5 Steers, all infallible, are these Your people in whom no wondrous thing is seen, no worship.

Guile follows close the men who are untruthful: no secrets may be hidden from Your knowledge.

6 I will exalt Your worship with homage: as priest, I, O All-Seeing and Friend, invoke You.

May these new hymns and prayers that I have fashioned delight You to the profit of the singer.

7 This priestly task, O Lord! hath been performed for You in devotion.

Convey us safely over every peril. Preserve us evermore with blessings.