1. Though I did not visit Layla or her people,
I weep with the crying of a child bedecked with amulets,

2. Weeping copiously, not just a little, and lasting
As my estrangement from Layla lasts forever.

3. I estranged you for days in Dhu l-Ghamar, and I
Regret having estranged you for days in Dhu l-Ghamar.

4. When the days of Dhu l-Ghamar had passed and were over,
Estrangement from you clings to me and the blames attack me.

5. That estrangement - you do not know it -
Is like a woman separated from her child, wandering.

6. Do you not know that I rave with the mention of her
At a time when no ardent lover clings to union?

7. I entertain my soul's longing for you in solitude
As a faster yearns for cold water at noon.