1. Alas! Layla is veiled from me and her lord is averse,
Swearing to me never to let me visit her.

2. Yet I was promised her by men of high repute,
Her father and mine, though their hearts have since hardened.

3. For no reason but that I love her,
And my heart is captive to Layla.

4. When she inclines to intimacy, my heart inclines to her charm,
Following wherever her beauty leads.