كَأَنِّيas though I وَلَيلىand Layla لَمnot يَكُنbe حَلَّsettled أَهلُناour people
كَأَنِّي وَلَيلى لَم يَكُن حَلَّ أَهلُنا
بِوادٍin a valley خَصيبٍfertile وَالسلامُand the acacias رِطابُgreen and tender
بِوادٍ خَصيبٍ وَالسلامُ رِطابُ
As though our people—Layla’s and mine—had never settled
in a fertile valley, with the acacias green and tender.
Sol 6.1