فيin قَلْبِهِhis heart نارُa fire شَوقٍlonging ليسَis not يُخْمِدُهَاquenches it
في قَلْبِهِ نارُ شَوقٍ ليسَ يُخْمِدُهَا
بَحْرٌa sea أَحَاطَsurrounded بِهِaround him للدَّمْعِof tears مَسْجُورُfilled to the brim
بَحْرٌ أَحَاطَ بِهِ للدَّمْعِ مَسْجُورُ
In his heart is a fire of longing that is not quenched
In his heart a fire of longing that no sea can extinguish
By a brimming sea of tears that has surrounded him.
Though it surrounds him, a prisoner of tears