1. Oh night, how far dawn seems from you
And I am utterly heartbroken and in agony

2. I stay up counting the stars, weeping
My heart grieves, I stand alone

3. I suffer for love of you, Layla
Companion of sorrow, tearful, shackled

4. My night has dragged on, my tears flowed
My eyelids overflowed, and my passion grows

5. I endure my sorrows, my fire, my burning
Reaching you seems far, O Layla

6. My patience is spent from lovesickness and loneliness
And longing that leaves me distraught and alone

7. Is there any happiness for me after what has befallen me?
While I stay up awake and all else lies sleeping

8. Perhaps a phantom will come to me, one who rests an hour,
One who finds patience, though the torment is severe

9. Oh would that I had died of longing and desolation
For my desire and grief are ever renewed

10. Remember then what remains of my madness
For my death has come and I have willed it so