يَقولُ أُناسُ لَو وَصَفتَ لَنا الهَوى

لَعَلَّ الَّذي لا يَعرِفُ الحُبَّ يَعرِفُ

People say, "If only you would describe love to us,

Perhaps the one who does not know love may come to know it."

فَقُلتُ لَقَد ذُقتُ الهَوى ثُمَّ ذُقتُهُ

فَوَ اللَهِ ما أَدري الهَوى كَيفَ يوصَفُ

So I said, "Indeed I have tasted love, and then I tasted it again.

By God, I do not know how love can be described!"