قَبْرٌ تَوَدُّ العُلَى ضَنّاً بِسَاكِنِهِ

قَبْرٌ تَوَدُّ العُلَى ضَنّاً بِسَاكِنِهِ

عَلى الثَّرى أَنَّهُ فيهِنَّ مَحْفورُ

عَلى الثَّرى أَنَّهُ فيهِنَّ مَحْفورُ

A grave: the heights wish—loath to yield its dweller

To the earth—that it were dug among them.

فَإِنْ يَضِقْ فَلَهُ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ سِعَةٌ

فَإِنْ يَضِقْ فَلَهُ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ سِعَةٌ

وإِنْ دَجا فَلَهُ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ نُورُ

وإِنْ دَجا فَلَهُ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ نُورُ

So if it is cramped, it has spaciousness from his breast;

And if it grows dark, it has light from his breast.