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What is the matter with your heart?
You tell it to come to its senses but it only increases its love,
Does the lover think that his love can be concealed
while his eyes shed tears and his heart is aflame!
Had it not been for love, you would not have shed tears
at the ruins of the City of your beloved.
Nor would you become restless at the remembrance of the Moringa tree,
or the high mountain (both in Mecca).
How do you deny love after the testimony,
borne against you by (such) reliable witnesses of tears
Love has ingrained two lines of tears and withering,
You tell it to come to its senses but it only increases its love,
Does the lover think that his love can be concealed
while his eyes shed tears and his heart is aflame!
Had it not been for love, you would not have shed tears
at the ruins of the City of your beloved.
Nor would you become restless at the remembrance of the Moringa tree,
or the high mountain (both in Mecca).
How do you deny love after the testimony,
borne against you by (such) reliable witnesses of tears
Love has ingrained two lines of tears and withering,