1 Giver of breath, giver of strength and vigour, He whose commandment all the angels acknowledge,

He who is Lord of this, of man and cattle:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

2 Who by His grandeur hath become sole ruler of all the moving world that breathes and slumbers,

Whose shadow is death, whose light gives life everlasting:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

3 To whom both hosts embattled look with longing, and heaven and earth invoke Him in their terror;

Whose is this path that measures out the region:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

4 Whose is the mighty earth and spacious heaven, and yonder ample firmament between them,

Whose is yon sun extended in his grandeur:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

5 Whose, through His might, are all the snowy mountains, and whose, they say, is Rasa in the ocean,

The arms of whom are these celestial quarters:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

6 The deathless Waters, born in Law, receiving, protected all the germ in the beginning,—

Waters that had God above them:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

7 In the beginning rose the golden light, His sign; God was sole Lord of all creation.

He fixed and firmly established earth and heaven:—who is the One God whom we shall adore with our offering?

8 In the beginning, generating offspring, the Waters by God's command brought life into being;

And even as it sprang to life it had a covering of gold.