لَمْ تَجْرَحِ السِّكّينُ كَفَّ مُعَذِّبِي

إِلَّا لِمعنىً حُسْنُه مُتَحَقِّقُ

The torturer's knife did not wound my palm

Except to make real a meaning fair

هِي مِثْلُ مَا قَدْ قِيلَ جَارِحةٌ لَهُ

وَلِكُلّ جَارِحَةٍ إِلَيه تَشَوُّقُ

It is as has been said a wounder of it

And every wounder to it aspires