Tanya in poetry – Hashem is One!
Tanya in Poetry, Vol. 3 (Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah, ch. 6)
The heavens and the earth are One and the same
It’s all our Creator, from His Divine Name
No metaphor about the body and soul
Can explain our Creator and His control.
He made this world from nothing, using His Word
Creating anew, though each moment unheard
With our humanly ears and humanly sight
In reality, nullified, within His Light.
This is the strength of Hashem, our Creator
He speaks a whole world that appears greater
Than Himself, His Unity, and His All-Power
Concealed and contracted, His Light devoured.
And so we can say, “What a beautiful world!
Look at how old, with many details impearled!”
Such is His hiddenness, but the fact remains
Everything is Hashem, under His domain.