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Bearing different names according as ye haunt 
Sky or heaven, fig, water or roa 
I have Allah’s mandate: 
His Prophet is my prop ; 
The Recording Angels fight for me; 
The four Archangels are my brethren ; 
I live in a fort with seven walls of steel. 
Descend angels and protect me 
And cause my enemies to bow down. 
Locked be the teeth and heart and liver 
Of all who purpose evil against me. 
I know the origin of ye spirits of evil; 
Ye were sprung from the serpent Si- Katimuna. 
May ye be afflicted and distressed ; 
When ye gaze, may your eyes be blin 
And may your going be shameful and seers ng, 
Granddam! thou who dwellest in bay and reaches, up- 
stream and down, 
Dwellest on mountain and in forest and on mound, 
In ravine and valley and spring and tree and rock! 
Take thy soldiery, thy people, and thy children 
To the shady tree at the land’s end 
At the foot of Mount Kaf. 
Keep me from harm and destruction 
Or thou shalt be smitten by the majesty of God’s word. 
For God and Muhammad and His saints and Prophets 
And the ong forty and four and the four Archangels 
Are with m 
Noah, piasdian of earth, 
Solomon, guardian of all living things 
I crave earth, water, wood and stone 
A place to build etnies and hamlets and a country. 
Ho! all living creatur 
We are all of one origin, al servants of God! 
If ye harm or destro 
Ye shall be smitten iy eh word of God, 
The miraculous power of Muhammad, 
The sanctity of His saints and prophets, 
By the four and forty angels, 
The sea archangels and the thirty chapters of the 
Kora 
eaunbe save me from harm! 
If thy eye offend me, God shall blind thee ; 
If thy hand molest me, God shall break it ; 
If thy heart purpose evil towards me, 
It shall be crushed by the de of God. 
Finally comes a charm to open the doors of the seven 
ayers of earth and the doors of the seven layers of heaven. 
