1. Leila and I were like dawn and its serenity,
Hovering over each other, yearning and longing.
١. وَكُنتُ وَلَيلى كَالغَداةِ وَخَشعِها
تَحومُ عَلى قَربي لَها وَأَحومُ
2. When one of us was absent from the other,
We would almost go mad from painful desire.
٢. إِذا غابَ مِنّا واحِدٌ عَن قَرينِهِ
يَكادُ مِنَ الشَوقِ الأَليمِ يَهيمُ
3. Fate decreed separation between her and I,
What an ill-omened fate it was!
٣. قَضى الدَهرُ بِالتَفريقِ بَيني وَبَينَها
فَلا كانَ دَهرُ إنَّهُ لَمَشومُ