قَدْ كَانَ سَمْعِي قَبْلُ عَيْنِي عَاشِقًا
لَمَّا سَقَتْنِي مُقْلَتَاهَا ذُقْتُ مَا رَوَى
My hearing was a lover before my eye
When her glances gave me to drink, I tasted what it related
المصدر · Source: Diwan Ibn al-Farid. Ed. R. al-Nabulusi