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109 — Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Īsā al-Tamīmī al-Basrī related to me, on the authority of al-Walīd ibn Hishām al-Qahdhamī, who recited to him:
[The Wāfir meter]
You visited me but seldom, thus earning my companionship—
By your Lord, what a welcome sight you brought anew!
But once I gave you my affection, pure and true,
You made your two visits a debt that I must pay.
I will not remain where I am humiliated,
Even if love for you becomes a debt I bear.
The Prophet said—and righteous was he—
“When you visit a friend, visit him at intervals.”
So visit less often the one you love; thereby
You will grow dearer and more beloved to the one you visit.
١٠٩ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عِيسَى التَّمِيمِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ الْقَحْذَمِيِّ، أَنْشَدَ لَهُ:
[البحر الوافر]
غَبَبْتَ عَلَيَّ فَاسْتَحْقَقْتَ وَصْلِي ... فَوَرَبِّكَ ـ لِمَا أَحْدَثْتَ عَيْنَا
فَلَمَّا أَنْ وَهَبْتُكَ مَحْضَ وُدِّي جَعَلْتَ زِيَارَتَيْكَ عَلَيَّ دَيْنَا
فَإِنِّي لَا أُقِيمُ عَلَى هَوَانٍ وَإِنْ أَمْسَى هَوَاكَ عَلَيَّ دَيْنَا
وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ وَكَانَ بَرًّا إِذَا زُرْتَ الصَّدِيقَ فَزُرْهُ غِبًّا
فَأَقْلِلْ زَوْرَ مَنْ تَهْوَاهُ تَزْدَدْ إِلَى مَنْ زُرْتَهُ وُدًّا وَحُبَّا