هَذا مِثالي ان أَغِب

هَذا مِثالي ان أَغِب

فهو الَّذي ابداً حَضَر

فهو الَّذي ابداً حَضَر

This is my likeness, should I be absent;

This is my likeness; if I am absent,

for it is the one forever present.

It is the one forever present.

العينُ عندي وحدها

العينُ عندي وحدها

والعَينُ عندكَ والأَثر

والعَينُ عندكَ والأَثر

To my mind, the very self comes after it;

With me is only the original;

and with you are the self itself—and its trace.

With you are the original and its trace.