1. Deliver a message to my beloved that separation has taken its toll
And if we survive, we shall leave tomorrow

2. How many forbidden nights have we spent together
A night visitor whose visits we wished would never end

3. He carries a burden of our hatred that afflicts him
And is wearied of the envy towards us here

4. A passionate soul pours her woes out to us
Counting the nights when we are absent from her

5. Eagerly trying to hold back her tears in vain
Neither her tears flowed nor her sorrow dried

6. Oh night of Saturday, you have burdened me with sickness
Until death and sorrow that racked my liver

7. She got up staggering in fear to bid me farewell
Like a grieved pilgrim with dust-covered clothes

8. She had barely reached the door when her women said
In utter shock, this effort is too much, stop

9. They made her sit as they talked, that envious soul
Light rain on Layla when she is made to sit