Someone once asked me how old I was,
having seen my advanced age turning to gray at my temples
and in the locks of my forehead.
I answered, "One hour. For verily,I count the time I have lived as nothing."
He replied,"What do you mean? Explain. Here is indeed the most moving of things."
I said: "One day, by surprise, I stole a kiss,
a secret kiss, from her who has my heart. However many my days may number,
I shall count only that brief moment, for it was truly my entire life."
Ibn Hazm
having seen my advanced age turning to gray at my temples
and in the locks of my forehead.
I answered, "One hour. For verily,I count the time I have lived as nothing."
He replied,"What do you mean? Explain. Here is indeed the most moving of things."
I said: "One day, by surprise, I stole a kiss,
a secret kiss, from her who has my heart. However many my days may number,
I shall count only that brief moment, for it was truly my entire life."
Ibn Hazm
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