1. In an abode, my journey lengthened,
And my companionship there jaded.

2. It was as if I was captive,
With no ransom or sacrifice available.

3. My eyes feared sleep in it,
It was not pleasant, nor was parting from it agreeable.

4. I intended to secretly confide in it, but
When I endured it, confidentiality fled.

5. Winter descended on it while we did not leave
Until winter nearly stripped away.

6. How wretched a home with no
Refuge for its lodger or loyal friends.

7. My heart yearns for the noble Layla,
And how can I meet her from this distance?

8. If God has written for us to remain,
We will join her, if survival is written.

9. We ask God for success in reaching her,
For apart from His power there is no protection.

10. And if hardship is averted, and we join her
By God's will, hardship will disappear through her.

11. O Lord, Layla's affection
Is, to us, most soothing balm.

12. The malady of yearning for her grows in us
And the sight of her is our remedy.

13. Our love steals quietly to her
As the gentle night breeze flows.

14. O Lord, the plea of one desperate,
Surely, supplication is the aid of his call.

15. O You who never disappoint one hopeful,
To You, to You has hope led me.

16. So grant me what I wish to join Layla,
For You are capable of what You will.