1. Her charms enticed me from Suleima and Adwar,
And others I left behind those two.

2. Palaces and curtains, rulers and tribes -
The water of bliss adorns them and surrounds them.

3. The most verdant of dwellings, the most blissful life,
When the needy man heads for it, he is turned away.

4. The shy, wild cows, and the broken, twisted trees,
And from a dome that no eye can see the top of,

5. The wind makes it sway, so it slides down,
When the winds contend with it, it directs

6. Them far into the distance, while it snarls loudly.
I indulged myself while the night surged with its seas,

7. And its waves were crashing.
Beneath my bosom is a smooth white branch,

8. And in my palm a dark one from a slender willow.
They are my two companions since my youth,

9. Supporting the vigor of the young man when he stumbles.
This is a brook in a scabbard from which wishes are watered,

10. And this is a bough in the palm which fruits and blooms.
To the abode of Layla, still alone at Dhu Gaddah,

11. It lights the way for the lost and blossoms.
We stayed pressed together in our intense longing,

12. Our livers almost cracked from it.
An expert charmer of the tents, notorious

13. For her devastating, reckless magic,
When she encountered the muleteers on their paths

14. They are blinded by her even if they can see.
You see the rational minds in their drunkenness

15. Sliding down their supports and plunging down.
And if she took the reins of her husbands, she confuses them,

16. Startling the pacing camels so they shuffle along.
We walked the road until Yahya's hill appeared to us,

17. Radiant and most verdant.