قَد صدني وَدَواعي الحُب شاغَلَتي

قَد صدني وَدَواعي الحُب شاغَلَتي

وَاللَيل طالَ جَوى وَالقَلبُ مَشغول

وَاللَيل طالَ جَوى وَالقَلبُ مَشغول

He has spurned me, while love's promptings preoccupy me.

Passion's call enthralled me, distracting me,

And the night has grown long with love's anguish, and the heart is preoccupied.

And the night grew long, while my heart was occupied.

أَبانَ لي حُسن تيه راقَني شَغفا

أَبانَ لي حُسن تيه راقَني شَغفا

وَهِمت بِالتيهِ حَتّى قيلَ مَقتول

وَهِمت بِالتيهِ حَتّى قيلَ مَقتول

He showed me the beauty of proud disdain, which captivated me with passion.

His beauty revealed itself to me, arousing my passion,

And I was enamored of that proud disdain, until they called me slain.

And I was tempted to lose myself, until I was called "slain".

أَصاعَني عِندَما أَومى بِحاجِبِه

أَصاعَني عِندَما أَومى بِحاجِبِه

وَطُرفِه مِن بَديع السِحر مَكحول

وَطُرفِه مِن بَديع السِحر مَكحول

He [unclear verb] me when he gestured with his eyebrow,

He overpowered me when he winked his eyebrow,

And his eye, lined with kohl of wondrous magic.

And his glances were endowed with exquisite sorcery.

وَشَق يا قوتَة في طَيِّها دُرَر

وَشَق يا قوتَة في طَيِّها دُرَر

عِندَ التَبسم حَتّى قاتَ اِكليل

عِندَ التَبسم حَتّى قاتَ اِكليل

And he parted a ruby, with pearls within its folds,

He rent asunder precious pearls, O maid, with his smile,

At his smile, until [unclear verb] a diadem.

To the point that the garland was diminished.

نَفسي مُطيعَتِهِ اِن رامَ قَتلَها

نَفسي مُطيعَتِهِ اِن رامَ قَتلَها

اِذ كل ما يَفعَل المَقبول مَقبول

اِذ كل ما يَفعَل المَقبول مَقبول

My soul is obedient to him, should he seek to kill it.

My soul is obedient to him, if he wished to slay it,

For all that the favored one does is accepted.

Since whatever he does, the acceptable, is acceptable.

تَلومي في ذهاب الصَبر عاذِلَتي

تَلومي في ذهاب الصَبر عاذِلَتي

وَعِقدُ صَبري اِذا ما بانَ مَحلول

وَعِقدُ صَبري اِذا ما بانَ مَحلول

You reproach me for losing patience, my reproacher,

You blame me for the loss of patience, O you who reproach me!

And the necklace of my patience is unstrung whenever he departs.

While the knot of my patience, when it appears, is untied.

طَويت لَيلى مَشغوفاً بِطَلعَتِهِ

طَويت لَيلى مَشغوفاً بِطَلعَتِهِ

وَالعَينُ شاخِصَة وَالكَف مَغلول

وَالعَينُ شاخِصَة وَالكَف مَغلول

I passed my night, enthralled by his countenance,

I folded Layla, enraptured with his countenance,

And my eye is fixed in a stare, and my hand is fettered.

While my eye was fixed and my hand bound.