وما جفاني مَن كان لي أُنُساً
أنستُ شوقاً ببعض أسبابهْ
And the one who had been my solace did not shun me;
out of longing, I found comfort in some tokens of him—
كمثل يعقوب بعد يوسف إذ
حنَّ إلى شَمِّ بعض أثوابِهْ
like Jacob after losing Joseph, when
he yearned to smell some of his garments.
دخلتُ بابَ الهوى ولي بَصَرٌ
وفي خروجي عميتُ عن بابِهْ
I entered passion’s gate with my sight intact,
yet as I came out, I was blind to its gate.
Sol 5.6