بَلِّغ قُرَيبَةَ أَنَّ البَينَ قَد أَفِدا

وَأَنَّنا إِن سَلِمنا رائِحُونَ غَدا

Deliver a message to my beloved that separation has taken its toll

And if we survive, we shall leave tomorrow

كَم بِالحَرامِ وَلَو كُنّا نُجامِلُهُ

مِن كاشِحٍ وَدَّ أَنّا لا نُرى أَبَدا

How many forbidden nights have we spent together

A night visitor whose visits we wished would never end

حُمِّلَ مِن بُغضِنا غِلّا يُعالِجُهُ

وَقَد تَمّلا عَلَينا فِيكُمُ حَسَدا

He carries a burden of our hatred that afflicts him

And is wearied of the envy towards us here

وَذاتِ وَجدٍ عَلَينا تَبُوحُ بِهِ

تُحصى اللَيالي إِذا غِبنا لَها عَدَدا

A passionate soul pours her woes out to us

Counting the nights when we are absent from her

حَرِيصَةٍ أَن تَكُفَّ الدَمعَ جاهِدَةً

وَما رَقا دَمعُ عَينَيها وَلا جَمَدا

Eagerly trying to hold back her tears in vain

Neither her tears flowed nor her sorrow dried

يا لَيلَةَ السَبتِ قَد زَوَّدتِني سَقَماً

حَتّى المَماتِ وَحُزناً صَدَّعَ الكَبِدا

Oh night of Saturday, you have burdened me with sickness

Until death and sorrow that racked my liver

قامَت تَهادى عَلى خَوفٍ تُشَيِّعُني

مَشى الحَسِيرِ المُزَجّى أُحشِمَ الصَعَدا

She got up staggering in fear to bid me farewell

Like a grieved pilgrim with dust-covered clothes

لَم تَبلُغِ البابَ حَتّى قالَ نِسوَتُها

مِن شِدَّةِ البُهرِ هَذا الجَهدُ فاتَّئِدا

She had barely reached the door when her women said

In utter shock, this effort is too much, stop

أَقعَدنَها وَنَثا ما قُلنَ ذُو حَسَدٍ

صَبٌّ بِلَيلى إِذا ما أُقعِدَت قَعَدا

They made her sit as they talked, that envious soul

Light rain on Layla when she is made to sit