أَلِفَتهُ القُلوب فَهيَ طُيورٌ

وَهوَ غُصنٌ عَلَيه غَنَّت فُنونا

Hearts have grown fond of him, and so they are birds;

And he is a bough upon which they sang in many strains.

أَعَجيبٌ بِكَونها أَلِفَته

إِنّ شَأنَ الطّيورِ تَهوى الغُصونا

Is it strange that they have grown fond of him?

For birds by nature yearn for boughs.