1. Passion's call enthralled me, distracting me,
And the night grew long, while my heart was occupied.

2. His beauty revealed itself to me, arousing my passion,
And I was tempted to lose myself, until I was called "slain".

3. He overpowered me when he winked his eyebrow,
And his glances were endowed with exquisite sorcery.

4. He rent asunder precious pearls, O maid, with his smile,
To the point that the garland was diminished.

5. My soul is obedient to him, if he wished to slay it,
Since whatever he does, the acceptable, is acceptable.

6. You blame me for the loss of patience, O you who reproach me!
While the knot of my patience, when it appears, is untied.

7. I folded Layla, enraptured with his countenance,
While my eye was fixed and my hand bound.