1. A house between the two Euphrates, its lofty seat is cool,
My soul falls for them, and the passion I hid appears,

2. If a tear flows, soon another follows with rushing,
If eyes shed tears of blood, my tears would be blood, as my cloak covers them,

3. When your night ends, you will know the loss of your companion,
You see the mistake you plotted, and the crime of the lord whose avenger is sleepless,

4. Nothing remains of your companion except some cure,
Like the wings of an eagle outstretched in flight,

5. Indeed, does Layla have any ransom? I see her pledge, and her ties care not,
By my life, if I set out travelling in the morning, her deviation was still sweet to my eyes,

6. Affection for her has plastered him, and in it, sickness resides,
The soul looks out from it, and death is present,

7. A woman of two thousand elders sees her, the many he gives her are belittled,
Her family forbade her from him, though they know his inclination to her, and his hopes in her faded,

8. I came to her recklessly, though I knew the dangers the wilderness held,
I did not stop until her ropes raised me up to her, and my night ended,

9. When we gathered privately, a smart merchant came to us from two houses trading,
I quenched the anguish of my soul, except for yearning it refused and its conscience repelled,