MANICHAEAN LITERATURE
on the mooring places.
Look, this is the message! I was sent out,
and the sea was placid,
and the raft of heaven was towed out.
Look, this is the message!
I was sent out, and ships touched land,
and the seaports were secured.
Look, this is the message! I came, and the walls
were set in foundations,
and the sentinels on the tower guarded them.
Look, this is the message!
FORSAKING THE FIVE LIMBS OF
THE FATHER OF TRUTH
I abandoned reason, since it guarded the father,
pleasure of the land of light.
Look, this is the message! I abandoned thought,
since it guarded faith
and the aeons who are round the father.
Look, this is the message!
I abandoned insight, since it guarded the father.
Look, this is the message!
I abandoned desire, since it guarded resolution
and gave life to the aeons.
Look, this is the message!
I abandoned reflection
at the floor and foundation of the land of light.
Look, this is the message!