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89 — Al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Rahmān related to me; he said: Al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad said to a brother of his:
[Basīt meter]
“The eye beholds the one it loves, then loses sight of him;
Yet the heart’s eye never ceases to behold.
Though you are not with me, remembrance of you remains with me;
My heart sees you, though you are hidden from my sight.”
٨٩ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ لِأَخٍ لَهُ: «
[البحر البسيط]
الْعَيْنُ تُبْصِرُ مَا تَهْوَى وَتَفْقِدُهُ ... فَنَاظِرُ الْقَلْبِ لَا يَخْلُو مِنَ النَّظَرِ
إِنْ كُنْتَ لَسْتَ مَعِي فَالذِّكْرُ مِنْكَ مَعِي ... يَرَاكَ قَلْبِي وَإِنْ غُيِّبْتَ عَنْ بَصَرِي»