خُلِقنا لأَمرٍ لَو عَلِمنا حَقيقةً
له ما أَحبَّ المرءُ لَيلى وَلا لُبنى
We were created for a purpose—if we truly knew it,
for its sake no one would have loved Layla or Lubna.
وَلكن جَهِلنا فاستراحَت نُفُوسُنا
وما تلكَ إِلا راحةٌ تَعقبُ الحُزنا
But we were ignorant, so our souls found repose;
and that is only a respite that follows sorrow.
Sol 5.6