ألا من لصب لا تجف دموعه

ألا من لصب لا تجف دموعه

ولم يهنه مما يعاني هجوعه

ولم يهنه مما يعاني هجوعه

Ah, who will aid a lovesick man whose tears never dry,

Oh, he whose tears do not dry

And whose slumber has brought him no relief from what he suffers?

And whom the pain he endures does not subdue

يبيت يارعي النجم حتى مغيبه

يبيت يارعي النجم حتى مغيبه

ويرقبه حتى يحين طلوعه

ويرقبه حتى يحين طلوعه

He spends the night watching the star until it sets,

He who stays awake with the stars until they set

And keeps watch for it until the time comes for it to rise.

And watches for them again until they rise

له زفرات زفرة إثر زفرة

له زفرات زفرة إثر زفرة

إذا صعدت كادت تقد ضلوعه

إذا صعدت كادت تقد ضلوعه

He heaves sighs, one sigh after another;

He sighs sigh after sigh

When they rise, they nearly split his ribs.

Until, ascending, they almost split his ribs

إذاذكرت ليلى تكاشف شوقه

إذاذكرت ليلى تكاشف شوقه

وإن نص عنها الركب زاد ولوعه

وإن نص عنها الركب زاد ولوعه

When Layla is mentioned, his longing is laid bare.

If he remembers Layla, his longing appears

And if the caravan speeds away from her, his passion grows.

And if the caravan turns from her, his anguish increases

وإن لمح البرق الحجازي زاده

وإن لمح البرق الحجازي زاده

جوى والتياعاً وارتياعاً لموعه

جوى والتياعاً وارتياعاً لموعه

And if he glimpses the lightning of the Hijaz, he suffers more

And if he sees the Hijazi lightning, it increases

Heartache, anguish, and alarm from its flashing.

His love, madness, and the burning of his passion

أنا الواله المضني لليلى وذو الهوى

أنا الواله المضني لليلى وذو الهوى

مثالي ولو مر النسيم يروعه

مثالي ولو مر النسيم يروعه

I am the distraught one, wasting away for Layla; and the lover

I am the passionate lover of Layla, the smitten one

Is like me—even if a breeze passes by, it startles him.

My ideal, though the breeze that blows startles him