ويحك يا دهر فما أغدرك

ويحك يا دهر فما أغدرك

ويا فؤاد الصبّ ما أصبرك

ويا فؤاد الصبّ ما أصبرك

Woe to you, O Time—how treacherous you are!

Oh fate, how deceitful you are,

And O heart of the lovesick lover, how patient you are!

And oh heart, how patient you are.

وانت ما اطول بالله يا

وانت ما اطول بالله يا

ليلي ويا جفني ما اقصرك

ليلي ويا جفني ما اقصرك

And you—how long you are, by God, O

My Laila, how long the night is,

my night! And O my eyelid, how short you are!

And oh my eyes, how short you are.

يبيت وسنانا حبيبي وما

يبيت وسنانا حبيبي وما

يعلم بالليل بان اسهرك

يعلم بالليل بان اسهرك

My beloved spends the night drowsy, and does not

My beloved sleeps while I stay awake,

know, at night, that I keep you awake.

Not knowing that the night keeps me up.

يا عاذلي بالله ان لمتني

يا عاذلي بالله ان لمتني

في قده الاحمر ما اسمرك

في قده الاحمر ما اسمرك

O my reproacher, by God, if you reproach me

Oh you who blame me, by God if you don't help me,

for his ruddy figure—how swarthy you are!

I will stain his fair neck.

ويا رقيبا في هواه وشى

ويا رقيبا في هواه وشى

فليت شعري عند من اخرك

فليت شعري عند من اخرك

And O watcher who told tales of love for him,

Oh watchman of his love, you are a talebearer,

would that I knew with whom your backside lies!

I wonder, to whom will you tell on me?

علقته غصنا اذا ما بدا

علقته غصنا اذا ما بدا

اضحت غصون البان في معترك

اضحت غصون البان في معترك

I loved him as a bough: whenever he appeared,

I hung him like a branch, so that when he sways,

the branches of the bān tree fell into a fray.

The branches of the willow sway with him in battle.

بلابلي هاجت عليه ومن

بلابلي هاجت عليه ومن

اجفانه اوقعني في شرك

اجفانه اوقعني في شرك

My cares were stirred by him; and from

My nightingales become excited over him,

his eyelids he cast me into a snare.

And from his eyelids he casts me into misfortune.

فتنت يا انسان عيني به

فتنت يا انسان عيني به

يا ايها الانسان ما اكفرك

يا ايها الانسان ما اكفرك

You were bewitched by him, O pupil of my eye;

You have tempted my eyes, oh human,

O human being, how faithless you are!

Oh human, how ungrateful you are!