جدي ووجدي برى جسمي انعطافهما

جدي ووجدي برى جسمي انعطافهما

نحو الحبيب وأعياني ائتلافهما

نحو الحبيب وأعياني ائتلافهما

My zeal and my longing have worn my body away through their inclination

My ardour and her ardour outside my body bend

Toward the beloved; their union has exhausted me.

Towards the beloved while my consciousness aligns with them

خلي وخلي فقد عزّ انتصافهما

خلي وخلي فقد عزّ انتصافهما

ليلي وليلى نفا نومي اختلافهما

ليلي وليلى نفا نومي اختلافهما

Leave me and my beloved, for redress from those two is hard:

Forbear and forbear for their vengeance has become dear

My night and Layla—their disparity has banished my sleep,

Layla and Layla, their difference has disturbed my sleep

بالطول والطول يا طوبى لو اعتدلا

بالطول والطول يا طوبى لو اعتدلا

In length and bounty—oh, bliss if only they were balanced!

With longing, with longing oh happiness if only they reconciled

So if I wronged a watcher in passion I would make amends

فلو ظلمت رقيبا بالهوى عدلت

فلو ظلمت رقيبا بالهوى عدلت

وان أتيت لوصل طالما عدلت

وان أتيت لوصل طالما عدلت

Had I wronged a watcher through love, she would have acted justly;

And if I came to union though I delayed I would make amends

And when I came seeking union, she so often turned away.

So look upon the tribulations of love and see what they have done

فانظر إلى حادثات الحب ما فعلت

فانظر إلى حادثات الحب ما فعلت

يجود بالطول ليلي كلما بخلت

يجود بالطول ليلي كلما بخلت

So look at love’s vicissitudes—what they have done:

Layla is generous with longing whenever I am miserly

My night lavishes length whenever

And though Layla is generous with it, she is miserly in her generosity

بالطول ليلى وان جادت به بخلا

بالطول ليلى وان جادت به بخلا

Layla withholds bounty; and if she bestows it, my night grows stingy.