1. حبكِ المشبوبُ ليلى

    كلما يخبو يعود

    My blazing love for you, Layla,

    returns whenever it dies down.

  2. كيف يخبو وهو في قلبي

    وأضلاعي وقود

    How can it die down while it is in my heart,

    and my ribs are its fuel?

  3. وقده من غير نارٍ

    كلما اشتد يجود

    Its blaze is without fire;

    whenever it grows fiercer, it gives generously.

  4. كلما أشكوه يحلو

    كلما أنو يسود

    Whenever I complain of it, it grows sweeter;

    whenever I falter, it holds sway.

  5. لم ينل مني عذول

    لم يقل في حسود

    No reproacher has prevailed over me;

    no envier has spoken against me.

  6. فيه برد وسلام

    فيه إسلامٌ وجود

    In it are coolness and peace;

    in it are submission to God and generosity.

  7. فيه كأس من رحيقٍ

    من عناقيد الورود

    In it is a cup of nectar

    from clusters of roses.

  8. كل حب فيه للشيطا

    ن سعيٌ وجهود

    In every love, Satan has

    striving and effort;

  9. لكن الشيطان من حبيكِ

    محزون حقود

    but Satan, because of my love for you,

    is sorrowful and spiteful.

  10. فيك يحلو لي سُهادي

    ووفائي بالعهود

    For your sake, my sleeplessness grows sweet to me,

    and so does my faithfulness to pledges.

  11. أنت دنياي وديني

    أنت عمري والخلود

    You are my world and my faith;

    you are my life and eternity.

  12. تتراءين لي الليل

    وسمارى رقود

    You appear to me at night,

    while my night companions sleep.

  13. تتجلين إذا قمت أصلي

    في السجود

    You reveal yourself when I rise to pray,

    in prostration.

  14. فكرةٌ تومض معنىً

    لم تحدده الحدود

    A thought flashes forth a meaning

    that no boundaries have defined.

  15. عجز العقل لديها

    وتولاه الجمود

    Reason has failed before it,

    and stagnation has overtaken it.

  16. فمتى يا وجه ليلى

    أتملى بالشهود

    When, then, O face of Layla,

    shall I feast my eyes on your presence?