1. أمر على الديار ديار ليلى

    بقلب في جناح الوجد طارا

    I pass by the dwellings, the dwellings of Layla,

    With a heart that flew on the wing of longing.

  2. فامكث ف جوانبها بشوق

    أقبل ذا الجدار وذا الجدارا

    So I linger in their precincts, yearning,

    Kissing this wall and that wall.

  3. وما حب الديار شغفن قلبي

    ولا هبهن أجج في نارا

    And it was not love of the dwellings that enthralled my heart,

    Nor did love for them [uncertain reading] kindle a fire in me,

  4. ولا حسن الرسوم أطار نومي

    ولكن حب من سكن الديارا

    Nor did the beauty of the traces drive away my sleep,

    But love of the one who dwelt in those dwellings.