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
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
I am the utterance of my name
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!