1. Do you hope to taste slumber at night,
When Layla's eyes have robbed your sleep?

2. And conceal your love lest people say,
"He's lovesick, tears streaming copiously."

3. And hide your passion though it shines through,
Your eyelids overflowing unstoppably.

4. How can you endure patience in loving her
When she has fettered both foot and cavalry?

5. Does love bear anything but disgrace?
Does passion leave any stratagem for the smitten?

6. Gently, do not hurl defiance at Layla,
For you can never attain her, not ever.

7. The Levant prides itself on her beauty,
And the banners of the East trail behind her.

8. What is verse when she sings her song?
What are graceful gazelles when she inclines?

9. Revel in passion for her and doff inhibition,
For love brings no shame and she is most wondrous.

10. Rave and melt for her charms until
You are called "Crazed for Layla" in love.