The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 196
196 The commentary of al-Qa si dah COUPLET 69 O you my garden of delight , you live in my memory all the time, I see your face every moment of my life. In this couplet just as the Arabic saying goes ٗ XS ہ £XUWK !. that a person talks much about the one he loves, he has expressed the intensity of his love for the Holy Prophet sa of Islam. COUPLET 70 My body yearns to fly towards you out of love; Would that I had the power to fly ! In this couplet the writer of this Qa si dah has, in a beautiful manner, explained the intensity of his love and its perfection. He says that although my beloved and I are like one soul with two hearts, my physical heart, out of its intensity of love, wants to fly towards you so it can unite with your heart and become one. He