وَلَيسَ مِنَ الفَراغِ يَثُرنَ عَنّي

وَلَيسَ مِنَ الفَراغِ يَثُرنَ عَنّي

نَفاثاتٌ يَجيشُ بِها الجَنانُ

نَفاثاتٌ يَجيشُ بِها الجَنانُ

It is not from emptiness that there rise from me

And not from idleness do they rise from me—

outpourings with which the heart surges;

Outpourings with which the heart seethes.

وَلَكِن مُهجَةٌ مُلِئَت فَفاضَت

وَلَكِن مُهجَةٌ مُلِئَت فَفاضَت

وَضاقَ القَلبُ وَاِتَّسَعَ اللِسانُ

وَضاقَ القَلبُ وَاِتَّسَعَ اللِسانُ

rather, a soul was filled and overflowed—

Rather, a soul was filled and so overflowed;

the heart grew constricted, and the tongue expanded.

And the heart grew narrow, and the tongue grew wide.