1. When I glance at Layla from afar,
A glance that quenches the fire within my ribs and heart,

2. The women of the neighborhood say with greedy hopes,
"We wish to see Layla's beauty that perished due to greedy hopes."

3. How can you see Layla with an eye you use to see
Others when you have not purified it with tears?

4. And how can you find pleasure in talking to her when
The talk of others has flowed into your hearing?

5. I glorify you, O Layla, from the eye. Rather,
I see you with a heart humble and yielded to you.