أَضَعتَ بَينَ الأُلى مَضَوا حُرَقاً
أَم ضاعَ ما اِستَودَعوكَ إِذ بَكَروا
Have you squandered burning grief among those who departed,
Or was what they entrusted to you lost when they set out early?
فَقالَ بَعضُ الحَديثِ يَشغَفُني
وَالقَلبُ راءٍ ما لا يَرى البَصَرُ
Then he said: Some talk captivates me,
And the heart sees what eyesight does not.
قَالوا بِسَلمى تَهذي وَلَم تَرَها
يا بُعدَ ما غاوَلَت بِكَ الفِكَر
They said: You rave about Salma, yet you have not seen her.
Oh, how far thoughts have led you astray!
Sol 6.1