رب فرن رأيته يتلظى
وربيع مخالطي وعقيدي
Many an oven have I seen blazing,
with al-Rabīʿī, my close companion and sworn ally.
قال شبهه قلت صدر حسود
خالطته مكارم المحسود
He said, “What is it like?” I said, “An envious man’s breast,
when the virtues of the envied mingle within it.”
Sol 5.6