وَلَمّا رَأَت وَجدي بِها وَتَبَيَّنَت

صَبَابَةَ حَرّانِ الصَبابَةِ صادِ

When she saw my love for her and realized

The madness of love's agony maddens me,

أَدَلَّت بصَبرٍ عِندَها وَجَلادَةٍ

وَتَحسَبُ أَنَّ النَاسَ غَيرُ جِلادِ

She showed patience and composure,

Thinking people are not agonized like me.

فَيا عَزَّ صادي القَلبَ حتى يَوَدَّني

فُؤادُكِ أَو رُدّي عَليَّ فُؤادي

Oh you who pierces my heart, I wish

Your heart would want me or give mine back to me.

وَما زِلتُ مِن لَيلى لَدُن أَن عَرَفتُها

لَكالَهائِمِ المُقصى بِكُلِّ مَذادِ

Since I first knew Layla I can't help

But be like cattle herded to every slaughter.

وَإِنَّ الَّذي يَنوي مِنَ المَالِ أَهلُها

أَوارِكُ لَمّا تَأتَلِف وَعَوا

And he who intends to pay her family the bride price,

I swear if they accept, disasters upon disasters await him.