1. I see you want above the accustomed love
A gentle love for a steadfast heart

2. You remind me of Layla, for if Layla
Is my motto in bowing down and prostrating

3. And I'm not her equal when I stand
Nor about her when I sit

4. A fantasy of her casts me down
The outcast's fantasy of an old love

5. It sinks me into the depths at night for Layla
And my zeal saves me for her at dawn

6. My heart glimpses her in yearning
And my eyes see her in my slumber

7. And there is no lover who doesn't have
Her coquetries, stronger than repulsions

8. Behold, I have been passionate about loving Layla
The passion of the enamored faithful lover

9. Behold, I yearn for Layla's union
The yearning of doves for flowers

10. People have joy when joy rises
And Layla when she smiles at me, my joy

11. I asked Allah to bring my visits
To Layla, not forgetting the covenants

12. And who would blame me if I walked
To Layla barefoot, even if my cheeks bled

13. I would risk danger to reach Layla
Even if she were in the lions' thickets

14. And I have no business but her
The young man's adventures, good and bad

15. And wretched is the man who wakes up
Captive by a lioness, good and bad

16. I take risks, I speak to no people
But of Layla, and he is bound by pacts

17. And if the term of Oman is dear to me
And its people, and your heart is my witness

18. And I have purified no purification more
But my stand is to fulfill a bounded pilgrim's need

19. A lover, and he is sweeter than a lover
Near, so he is more hateful than one far

20. Prepare, may I not lose you in Jumada
If you were my dream of longevity

21. And if your mother is disobedient
I am not disobeying her or stubborn

22. So excuse me and you know me, maybe
I will seek the company of a new friend

23. If water is difficult for the praying one
So fulfill from approximation on the ground

24. So I cannot penetrate the matter, a limit
And striving except the firm man

25. He spends the night awaiting the visitors
With an eye if the empty quarter slept

26. My stand in Oman, my words' concern
Is as if I'm drinking Hend water

27. To my flirt I say Layla's tale
Repeated to me every so often

28. And if the mention of Layla grows with me
A burning between the throat and vein

29. May Allah's peace cover her and from me
Praise in poetry in the ode

30. And give greetings on my behalf to Bani Gharib
To their freemen and to the slaves

31. And praise still comes from me upon them
When you grace them with the finest chant

32. Your messages reached the heart of the devotee
As if their lines were the unique poem

33. In the prose of Abi Nabata and the meanings
Despair and regulation thus from slaves

34. Mentioning me to you though I'm not people
But a gentleness above the usual

35. So I said to my infatuation in separation melt
And I said to my saying in longing give

36. Our night in past days return
To leaf again after the branch dried my return

37. Greetings of the pure lover to you
And service of Hamza the affectionate boy

38. And from a lifetime to you always
Our greetings and our assembly guided