لا أنس لما قال لي مستفهماً

والراح قد راضته لي فتسهلا

I do not forget what he asked me curiously,

And fate has made it easy for me, so I yielded.

هذا فؤادك مذ سكنت ضميره

هل حل فيه سواي قلت ولا حلا

He asked, “Has this heart of yours, since living in it,

Harboured any but me?” I said “None has dwelled here.”