I am He whom I love,
and He whom I love is I:
We are two spirits
dwelling in one body.
If thou seest me,
thou seest Him,
And if thou seest Him,
thou seest us both
From: https://allpoetry.com/Mansur-Al-Hallaj
Date: 9th century (original in Arabic); 1914 (translation in English)
By: Mansur al-Hallaj (c858-922)
Translated by: Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868-1945)
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