ما مِثلُ شَوقِيَ شَوقٌ

ما مِثلُ شَوقِيَ شَوقٌ

حَتّى أَقولَ كَأَنَّهُ

حَتّى أَقولَ كَأَنَّهُ

No longing is like my longing,

My yearning is like no other yearning

so that I might say, “It is as though...”

Such that I would say it’s as if

وَإِنَّهُ لَشَديدٌ

وَإِنَّهُ لَشَديدٌ

كَما عَلِمتَ وَإِنَّهُ

كَما عَلِمتَ وَإِنَّهُ

And it is indeed intense,

And it is indeed intense

as you know—and indeed it...

As you knew, and it is