كأنas though فؤاديmy heart فيin مخالبtalons طائرa bird
كأن فؤادي في مخالب طائر
إذاwhenever ذكرتكremembers you النفسُthe soul شدَّtightens بهاwith them قبضاa grip
إذا ذكرتك النفسُ شدَّ بها قبضا
It is as though my heart were in a bird’s talons;
As though my heart were in a bird's talons;
My heart is as though in the claws of a bird
whenever my soul remembers you, the bird tightens its grip upon it.
Whenever my soul remembers you, the bird tightens its grip with them.
When my soul remembers you, it clenches it tightly
كأنas though فِجاجَbroad paths الأرضthe earth حلقةُa hoop خاتمa ring
كأن فِجاجَ الأرض حلقةُ خاتم
عليّupon me فماso not تزدادgrows طولاًin length ولاnor عرضاin width
عليّ فما تزداد طولاً ولا عرضا
It is as though the broad expanses of the earth were the circle of a ring
As though the earth's broad paths were the hoop of a ring
As though the chasms of the earth are a ring's band
around me, growing neither longer nor wider.
Around me, growing neither longer nor wider.
Upon me, neither growing longer nor wider
Sol 6.1