one day i saw two lovers in a place where they thought they were alone and were preparing to complain. they found their solitude enjoyable and the place was not a hotbed. they did not wait long before someone they found annoying appeared to them. he saw me and moved towards me and sat with me for a long time. if you had seen the young lover and the sorrow evident on his face was playing with anger you would have seen something amazing. in that i say a part of it .
ولقد شاهدت يوما محبين في مكان قد ظنا انهما انفردا فيه وتأهبا للشكوى، فاستحليا ما هما فيه من الخلوة، ولم يكن الموضع حمى، فلم يلبثا أن طلع عليهما من كانا يستثقلانه، فرآني فعدل إلي وأطال الجلوس معي، فلو رأيت الفتى المحب وقد تمازح الأسف البادي على وجهه مع الغضب لرأيت عجبا، وفي ذلك أقول قطعة منها .