1. What I had of pleasures are gone
And youth has maladies and is fragile

2. When does Layla's phantom come furtively?
And beyond her dwelling is barren wilderness

3. Wandering and a fluttering mirage
Thirsty, hovering above the water

4. Clad in gray, the color of dusk
As if tatters were scattered in it

5. And a flowing spring over which darkness hovers
It lights up or is shadowed by the little stars

6. Braiding tales and applauding
I visited it while night was pitch dark

7. And my friend is Damascus, abode of loved ones
Orators and eloquent men of stature, prestigious

8. It was as if after beauty it was a boat
Whispering, sailing in the news

9. It was like branches or twigs