1. And we hastened, though parting was near,
A talk, like the breathing of two who are ill, irksome,
١. وَأَعجَلَنا وَشكُ الفِراقِ وَبَينَنا
حَديثٌ كَتَنفيسِ المَريضَينِ مُزعِجُ
2. A talk, that if flesh could pray in its burning,
Would come to its friends while yet scarcely singed.
٢. حَديثٌ لَوَ اَنَّ اللَحمَ يَصلى بِحَرِّهِ
غَريضاً أَتى أَصحابَهُ وَهوَ مُنضَجُ