1. The pilgrims called on Allah, begging His forgiveness
In Mecca one day that He may wipe out her sins
ูก. ุฏูุนุง ุงูู
ุญุฑูู
ููู ุงููููู ููุณุชูุบููุฑููููู
ุจูู
ููููุฉ ูููู
ุงู ุงูู ููู
ุญู ุฐูููุจูุง
2. And I called out: "O Lord, my first request
Is for Layla, then You are her guardian."
ูข. ูููุงุฏููุช ูุง ุฑูุจูุงู ุฃูู ุณุคููุชู
ูููููุณู ููููู ุซูู
ูู ุฃูุชู ุญุณูุจููุง
3. For if I gain Layla in my life, never
Would a servant turn to God in repentance as I repent.
ูฃ. ููุฅู ุฃุนุท ููููู ูู ุญููุงุชู ููู
ููุชูุจ
ุฅููู ุงูููููู ุนูุจุฏู ุชููุจูุฉ ูุง ุฃูุชูุจููุง
4. I shy from You in reverence, and I have no
Power over You, but to please my beloved.
ูค. ุฃูุงุจูู ุฅุฌูุงูุงู ููู
ุง ุจููู ููุฏุฑูุฉ
ุนููููู ูููููู ู
ููุกู ุนููู ุญูุจูุจููุง
5. And my soul did not abandon You, O night, but
Your share of her grew less though she still loves you.
ูฅ. ููู
ุง ููุฌูุฑุชููู ุงููููุณ ูุง ูููู ุฅูููููุง
ููุชู ูููููู ูููู ู
ูููู ููุตูุจููุง
6. Yet theyโO night of unionโare obsessed
With saying "When you come, here is her lover."
ูฆ. ููููููููููู
ูุง ุงู
ููุญ ุงููุงุณู ุงูููุนูุง
ุจููููู ุงูุฐุง ู
ุง ุฌูุฆุชู ูุฐุง ุญูุจูุจููุง
7. Are there nights like ours, with their returns
To us, and days of sweetness transformed?
ูง. ูููู ู
ูุซู ููููุงุชู ููููู ุฑููุงุฌูุน
ุงููููุง ููุฃูููุงู
ู ุชูุญููููู ุทูุจููุง
8. When she and the folk of al-โAmriya were neighbors,
Where an-Naqa, its ridge adjacent her dune.
ูจ. ุฅูุฐุง ููู ููุฃููู ุงูุนุงู
ูุฑููููุฉ ุฌูุฑูุฉ
ุจูุญููุซู ุงููููุง ูุถุจ ุงูุณูุฑู ููููุซูุจููุง
9. When her waters no longer mourned Suwaqa
As a sea, nor did its banks there fear a flood.
ูฉ. ุฅูุฐุง ููู
ุชูุนุฏ ุงู
ูุงูู ุฌุฒุน ุณููููููุฉ
ุจูุญุงุฑุง ููููู
ููุญุฐุฑ ุนูููููุง ุฎูุตูุจููุง
10. When she was not raised in Umm โAmrโs care, nor raised
Among folk whose eyes I'd guard against her harm.
ูกู . ุฅูุฐุง ููู
ุชูุฑูุจ ูู ุงู
ุนู
ุฑู ููููู
ุชูุฑูุจ
ุนูููู ุฃููุงุณ ูููุช ุจูุนุฏ ุชูุฑูุจูุง
11. She accused me of a crime as though she
Would, in naming my sin, absolve her own.
ูกูก. ููุงูู
ุณูุช ุชูุจูุบูุงูู ุจูุฌูุฑู
ููุฃูููููุง
ุฅูุฐุง ุนููููู
ุช ุฐููุจู ุชูู
ุญู ุฐูููุจููุง