قالوا أشتَغِل عنهمُ يوماً بغيرهِمُ

وخادِعِ النَّفسَ إن النفسَ تنخدِعُ

They said, “Distract yourself from them one day with others,”

and beguile the soul—for the soul can be beguiled.

قد صِيغَ قَلبي على مِقدَارِ حُبِّهمُ

فما لِحُبِّ سواهُم فيه مُتَّسَعُ

My heart was fashioned to the measure of my love for them,

so there is no room within it for the love of any but them.