قَد صدني وَدَواعي الحُب شاغَلَتي

وَاللَيل طالَ جَوى وَالقَلبُ مَشغول

Passion's call enthralled me, distracting me,

And the night grew long, while my heart was occupied.

أَبانَ لي حُسن تيه راقَني شَغفا

وَهِمت بِالتيهِ حَتّى قيلَ مَقتول

His beauty revealed itself to me, arousing my passion,

And I was tempted to lose myself, until I was called "slain".

أَصاعَني عِندَما أَومى بِحاجِبِه

وَطُرفِه مِن بَديع السِحر مَكحول

He overpowered me when he winked his eyebrow,

And his glances were endowed with exquisite sorcery.

وَشَق يا قوتَة في طَيِّها دُرَر

عِندَ التَبسم حَتّى قاتَ اِكليل

He rent asunder precious pearls, O maid, with his smile,

To the point that the garland was diminished.

نَفسي مُطيعَتِهِ اِن رامَ قَتلَها

اِذ كل ما يَفعَل المَقبول مَقبول

My soul is obedient to him, if he wished to slay it,

Since whatever he does, the acceptable, is acceptable.

تَلومي في ذهاب الصَبر عاذِلَتي

وَعِقدُ صَبري اِذا ما بانَ مَحلول

You blame me for the loss of patience, O you who reproach me!

While the knot of my patience, when it appears, is untied.

طَويت لَيلى مَشغوفاً بِطَلعَتِهِ

وَالعَينُ شاخِصَة وَالكَف مَغلول

I folded Layla, enraptured with his countenance,

While my eye was fixed and my hand bound.