ما كُنت أَدري ما الغَرامُ وَما بِهِ
حَتّى رَماني الوَجد في أَعتابِه
I knew not what love was, nor what it held,
until yearning cast me upon its thresholds.
وَغَدَوتُ بوابا بسدة بابه
من بَعد قولي اِنَّني لَسَليم
And I became a doorkeeper at the portal of its gate,
after having claimed that I was surely unscathed.
Sol 5.6