6i8 MANICHAEAN LITERATURE
He set living icons in them,
which never disappear.
He summoned clouds of brightness,
dripping with dew and light.
He evoked holy fire
that burned sweet.
He evoked wind and air
that breathed a living breath.
He evoked holy mountains
pouring out fragrant roots.
They are all concord and melody.
In them no flaw or loss lives.
They were ecstatic in brightness^2
filled and inhabiting eternity.I SAW THE EVIL ONE
I couldn't see where the son of evil saw them.
I stood up, saying, I want to be like them.
Where did the son of evil see them?
Did the poor one own nothing?
No diamonds are in his possession,
no eternity in his estate.
He took the hand of his seven companions
and his twelve helpers.
He took the hand of seven companions
and went and looked at still aeons
so if any fell and came down
he would go and be like them.- Or "glory."