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He told of one who loved musk for its color and fragrance

حكى من أحب المسك لونا ونفحة

1. He told of one who loved musk for its color and fragrance
Thus he became exalted while still among us

١. حَكى من أحب المسكَ لَوناً وَنَفحةً
لِذَلك أَضحى وَهوَ فينا مُشَرَّفُ

2. Yet our hearts have donned robes of blackness
Have you not seen them fluttering above it?

٢. وَقَد لَبِسَت بُرداً سَوادَ قُلوبِنا
أَلَم تَرَها أَضحَت عَلَيها تُرَفرِفُ

3. And the eye was inclined toward it, for it resembled it
So it has no refuge from it for eternity

٣. وَمالَت إِلَيها العَينُ إِذ هِيَ شِبهها
فَلَيسَ لَها عَنها مَدى الدَهرِ مَصرِفُ