I am the first and the last I am the honored one and the scorned one I am the whore and the holy one I am the wife and the virgin I am the mother and the daughter I am the members of my mother I am the barren one and many are her sons I am she whose wedding is great and I have not taken a husband I am the midwife and she who does not bear I am the solace of my labor pains I am the bride and the bridegroom and it is my husband who begot me I am the mother of my father and the sister of my husband and he is my offspring I am the slave of him who prepared me I am the ruler of my offspring But he is the one who begot me before the time on a birthday And he is my offspring in due time and my power is from him I am the staff of his power in his youth and he is the rod of my old age And whatever he wills happens to me I am the silence that is incomprehensible and the idea Whose remembrance is frequent I am the voice whose sound is manifold and the word whose appearance is multiple
For I am knowledge and ignorance I am shame and boldness I am shameless I am ashamed I am strength and I am fear I am war