يا ليتَ قلبي لم يُحبَّ ولم يَهِمْ
بل ليتني ما كانَ لي أحبابُ
Would that my heart had never loved, nor become love-struck!
Nay, would that I had never had loved ones.
إني رأيتُ أخا الغرامِ كأنما
صبتْ عليهِ وحدهُ الأوصابُ
I have seen the thrall of passion as though
all afflictions had been poured upon him alone.
لكنَّ عينَ المرءِ مفتاحُ الهوى
فإذا رنا فتحتْ لهُ الأبوابُ
Yet a person’s eye is the key to desire;
when he gazes, the doors are opened to him.
وإذا أرادَ اللهُ أمراً بامرئٍ
سدتْ عليهِ طريقَهُ الأسبابُ
And when God wills something for a man,
the very means close off his path.
Sol 5.6