That Mighty One of 'Be! and 'Tis

That Mighty One of 'Be! and 'tis,' that Lord of gracious sway am I.
That King who ere 'tis cut provides for each his bread each day am I.

The One who maketh man of seed, who maketh bird from egg proceed,
Who makes the Tongue of Power to speak, He who remembereth aye am I.

Who maketh some ascetics be, and some to work iniquity;
That Argument and Proof who veils their faults and flaws alway am I.

Who unto one doth horses give, doth wives and wealth and children give.
The while another lacks a groat, that One of gracious sway am I.

Who bringeth snow and doth earth freeze, who on each brute his food bestows,
Who worketh all these businesses, the Soul of souls in fay am I.

I am Eternity in sooth, that King, the Unconditioned Truth;
To-morrow Khizr may water dole, who wipes his sins away am I.

Know ye what from Four Things proceed, behold, I am the Sign indeed;
That God who builded Fire and Air and Earth and Water, yea, am I.

Who holds the veils of flesh and skin and bone and life and body e'en;
My works are Power and many an one, the Hid and Open aye am I.

The Outer and the Inner I, the Former and the Latter I;
Yea, I am He, and He is I, He whom they praise alway am I.

No truchman may between Us be, all wroughten there is clear to me;
Who giveth me this tongue is He; yon Sea that rolls each way am I.

He who did earth and sky create, who maketh Throne and Stool rotate;
Thousand and one His Names: Yunus, He of the Koran, yea, am I.