1. Alas! I love not to travel unless ascending,
Nor lightning unless coming from the right.

2. For one like Layla, a man may kill himself,
Though I, for Layla, am in utter despair.

3. When people wish for rest and relief,
I wish that I meet you, O bare night!

4. I see sickness in body turning frail
And lingering sorrow coming then going.

5. The caller of love called: Where is our prisoner?
Perhaps you only increase, not lessen!

6. I carried my heart - if it clung to her love -
I made death's sigh for it a rescuer.