"Hail Mazda" (From the Modern Zoroastrian by Andrew Carnegie)

Hail! Gracious Mazda, author of all good,
Spirit of beauty, purity and light,
Teach me like thee to hate dark deeds of night,
And battle ever with the hellish brood
Of Angraman, dread prince of evil mood,
Father of lies, uncleanliness, envious spite,
Thefts, murders, sensual sins that shun the light,
Unreason, ugliness, and fancies lewd.
Grant me, bright Mazda, in thy ranks to stand,
A valiant soldier faithful to the end;
So when I leave this life's familiar strand, Bound for the great Unknown, shall I command
My soul, if soul survive, into thy hand
Fearless of fate if thou thine aid will lend.