بعثتُ لكم مَوهوَ شَخصي ممثّلاً

بعثتُ لكم مَوهوَ شَخصي ممثّلاً

وَشخصكمُ في مُقلتي ظلَّ بالوهمِ

وَشخصكمُ في مُقلتي ظلَّ بالوهمِ

I sent you an imagined likeness of myself, portrayed.

I sent you my personal fantasy as a representative

And your figure remained in my eye in imagination.

While your personality lingered fancifully in my imagination

لعلي من الوهمين اجني حقيقةً

لعلي من الوهمين اجني حقيقةً

فَرسماً تَرى ذاتي وَذاتاً يرى رَسمي

فَرسماً تَرى ذاتي وَذاتاً يرى رَسمي

Perhaps from the two illusions I may reap a reality.

Perhaps from these two fantasies I may extract a reality

Thus my self sees an image, and my image sees a self.

So a painting sees my essence and an essence sees my painting