1. Greetings to both palaces from the dawn of youth
To the coast of the port overlooking the sea

2. Greetings to a man whom time has not deprived
Except that he refuses the pain in his chest

3. And tears, when their lids brim with water
Trickling, the red sunset flickers on the plain

4. I held back my words hoping with hesitation
When hope faded, my patience for it died

5. I lost my youth after family and home
Yet here I am, dead without a grave

6. He who leaves home seeking riches
If he gains wealth, tastes the bitterness of poverty

7. I recall the days of my youth
And a life devoid of care within my breast

8. Oh time, if only Layla were all
Like a night on the eastern shore from the coast

9. Oh night, what has passed beneath your wing
Of salt, that drips from the pot

10. A tale that if told to stone
Would make stony crags dance in turmoil

11. And tears of a flirt in tears of a young woman
As necklaces of carnelian spilled on pearls

12. And a plaint, as the breeze softly stirred a charm
Bringing tears of dew from the petals of flowers

13. They lined up furtively, from a reveler and onlooker
As the forbidden wine was poured in the goblet

14. No flaw in her, except her night visit
Came to a leader or guide at dawn’s first light