one of its signs is that you find the lover yearning to hear the name of the one he loves and delighting in talking about his news and making it his pastime and not being as comfortable with anything as he is with it and not being prevented from doing so by fear that the listener will become aware and understand the one present and loving something blinds and deafens. so if it were possible for the lover to have no conversation in a place where there is nothing but mention of the one he loves he would not transgress.
ومن أعلامه أنك تجد المحب يستدعي سماع اسم من يحب، ويستلذ الكلام في أخباره ويجعلها هجيراه، ولا يرتاح لشيء ارتياحه لها، ولا ينهنهه عن ذلك تخوف ان يفطن السامع ويفهم الحاضر، وحبك الشيء يعمي ويصم . فلو أمكن المحب ألا يكون حديث في مكان فيه إلا ذكر من يحبه لما تعداه.