سلا سليمى سلاها

سلا سليمى سلاها

عن الذي ما سلاها

عن الذي ما سلاها

You two, ask Sulayma—ask her

Greetings to her, greetings to her grace

about the one who has not forgotten her.

Of whom I did not greet

ألقى الغرام المراسي

ألقى الغرام المراسي

عندي فألقت عصاها

عندي فألقت عصاها

Love cast its anchors

I cast my passion at the harbors

with me; then she laid down her staff.

To me, so she cast her staff away

محلها بفؤادي

محلها بفؤادي

ما حله إلاها

ما حله إلاها

Her dwelling is in my heart;

She settled in my heart

none but she has dwelt there.

None but her settled there

عرفت مجنون ليلى

عرفت مجنون ليلى

لما عرفت هواها

لما عرفت هواها

I understood Layla's Majnun

I knew Layla's madman

when I came to know love for her.

When I knew her love

هذي مقاساة قيس

هذي مقاساة قيس

هذا شواظ لظاها

هذا شواظ لظاها

This is the suffering of Qays;

This is Qays' suffering

this is the flame of her blazing fire.

These are the embers of her wrath

لم استطع كتم ما بي

لم استطع كتم ما بي

ولا استطعت جفاها

ولا استطعت جفاها

I could not conceal what is within me,

I could not conceal what was within me

nor could I shun her.

Nor could I repel her

ولا استمعت لعتب

ولا استمعت لعتب

من عاذل في جواها

من عاذل في جواها

Nor did I listen to reproach

Nor heed the reproaches

from a reprover over my burning longing for her.

Of one who blamed her in her absence

ما لي سواها حبيب

ما لي سواها حبيب

مالي حبيب سواها

مالي حبيب سواها

I have no beloved besides her;

I have no beloved but her

I have no beloved but her.

No beloved but her have I