 all of these kinds are perishable with the perishing of their causes and increase with their increase and decrease with their decrease certain with their nearness and waning with their distance except for the love of true passion that is firmly rooted in the soul for it is that which will not perish except with death. and you will find that the man who is supposedly lazy and of finite age if you mention him he will remember and be at ease and will be in love and will become accustomed to ecstasy and will be stirred by longing for him.
فكل هذه الأجناس منقضية مع انقضاء عللها، وزائدة بزيادتها، وناقصة بنقصانها، متأكدة بدنوها فاترة ببعدها، حاشا محبة العشق الصحيح المتمكن من النفس فهي التي لا فناء لها إلا بالموت. وإنك لتجد الإنسان السالي بزعمه، وذا السن المتناهية، إذا ذكرته تذكر وارتاح وصبا واعتاده الطرب واهتاج له الحنين.