 it was as if her walk was the walk of a dove with no blame for her toil or slowness so he was astonished and his hand fell his arm was broken and he found a wound in his liver and his illness. but she disappeared from his sight and he fell into the snare of destruction and a fire burned in his heart and his breathing became rapid and his veins were intermittent and his anxiety increased and his insomnia became prolonged so that he did not close an eye that night. and this was the beginning of the love between them for an age until the hand of separation cut off its entirety and this is from the traps of satan and the incentives of passion that no one can stand before except he whom god almighty protects.
كأنما مشيها مشي الحمامة لا كد يعاب ولا بطء به باس فبهت وسقط في يده وفت في عضده ووجد في كبده وعلته وجمة، فما هو إلا أن غابت عن عينه ووقع في شرك الردى، واشتعلت في قلبه النار، وتصعدت أنفاسه، وتردفت أوجاله، وكثر قلقه، وطال أرقه، فما غمض تلك الليلة عينا، وكان هذا بدء الحب بينهما دهرا، إلى أن جذت جملتها يد النوى؛ وإن هذا لمن مصايد إبليس ودواعي الهوى التي لا يقف لها أحد إلا من عصمه الله عز وجل.