1. By my life, the house I visit
Is dearer and more loyal than any house I visit.

2. If only he who is below the houses loved it,
And would solve what has troubled me when I saw it.

3. Even if I visited Layla in Iraq,
Or if I were amidst fire or its blaze,

4. But I fear the slanderers will malign me,
And reveal secrets I feared revealing.

5. Indeed I conceal my love for her in my conscience,
If only my love was hidden in her conscience!

6. I am infatuated with her and obsessed,
And the fires of my heart blaze within me.

7. My heart is enthralled and smitten with love for her,
Yet my soul does not attain that joy with her.

8. When my night comes, it drives my mind mad with thoughts of her,
And at sunrise there is the shining of her light.

9. I suffer passions and shed tears
From my eyes above my cheeks flowing down.

10. I do love her and love to be united with her,
But I fear her tribe in the morning and evening.