 among the wonders of the lovers obedience to his beloved is that i know someone who stayed up many nights and encountered great effort and his heart was torn apart by various kinds of longing and he won the one he loved and there was no refusal from him nor was he able to resist. so when he saw some dislike of what he intended he left him and turned away from him not out of chastity or fear but he hesitated until he agreed to his pleasure. he did not find in himself any support to do what he saw no energy for and he found what he found. and i know someone who did this deed and then regretted it because of an excuse that appeared from the beloved. so i said about that 
ومن عجيب طاعة المحب لمحبوبه أني أعرف من كان سهر الليالي الكثيرة ولقي الجهد الجاهد فقطعت قلبه ضروب الوجد ظفر بمن يحب وليس به امتناع ولا عنده دفع، فحين رأى منه بعض الكراهة لما نواه تركه وانصرف عنه، لا تعففا ولا تخوفا لكن توقفا عند موافقته رضاه، ولم يجد من نفسه معينا على إتيان ما لم ير له إليه نشاطا وهو يجد ما يجد. وإني لأعرف من فعل هذا الفعل ثم تندم لعذر ظهر من المحبوب؛ فقلت في ذلك 