The knot of my heart has neither opened nor will it ever open, until the entangled curls of someone are untied.

The poet plays beautifully on the metaphor of the 'girah' or knot. His heart is tightened with grief and longing, locked in an emotional tangle that refuses to ease on its own. He ties his emotional liberation to the beloved, saying that only when those captivating, knot-catching tresses are undone and let down in intimacy will his own heart finally find release.