كأن فؤادي في مخالب طائر

كأن فؤادي في مخالب طائر

إذا ذكرتك النفسُ شدَّ بها قبضا

إذا ذكرتك النفسُ شدَّ بها قبضا

It is 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.

When my soul remembers you, it clenches it tightly

كأن فِجاجَ الأرض حلقةُ خاتم

كأن فِجاجَ الأرض حلقةُ خاتم

عليّ فما تزداد طولاً ولا عرضا

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 chasms of the earth are a ring's band

around me, growing neither longer nor wider.

Upon me, neither growing longer nor wider