1. With streaks of dishonor, a goblet of passion
Penniless, vile in nature

2. Do you see if Layla came with true resolve
As I was aroused for her, from Nufail, son of Musahiq

3. When you come to him seeking favor
He clutches a heart of scattered pieces

4. Is it because of this love you’ve become as I see
I said "yes", though love is bitter in taste

5. I will meet the paths of demise, and I
Am content, pleased with the will of my Creator

6. And he made a promise, whose sweetness was mixed with bitterness
And cast upon it the striking calamities

7. They said, by God, nothing will come between us
Until the white nests remove the disheveled feathers

8. They said the blood of the madman is violated
And said, "Strike him," though the saying does not concur

9. God refused, though I hope for nearness, so
With our separation, a flock of wild ducks dispersed

10. And I do not hope for a day of comfort
In which I rejoice, except I am hit with an obstacle

11. When we reached the neighborhood and my body was emaciated
And my heart pained, often fluttering

12. By God, I do not know if my heart is meant
For this, so I surrendered it with true devotion

13. As for love, it was passionate with another, as I saw
So my heart specifically took the calamities from her

14. I swore by God's covenant, O mother of Malik
That you have a place of attachment in my heart

15. The most I got from her favor
Were wishes that clung like a sudden flash of lightning

16. By God, there is a heart in passion with patience
And by God, there is a heart of longing and devotion

17. And I, I love the nearness of Layla and her mention
With a sincere passion, not hypocritical

18. I will be patient with what is destined, O mother of Malik
And I know that patience is bitter to the taste