وَلَو لَم يَعُدني طَيفُ لَمياءَ في القِلى

وَأَلطافُها عِندَ المُحِبّينَ لا تُحصى

And if the ghost of Layla did not return to me in dreams

And her delicate graces with lovers cannot be counted

لَمّا هَدَيتُ نَفسي إِلَيها وَلا سَرَت

مِنَ المَسجِدِ الأَدنى إِلى المسجِدِ الأَقصى

I would not have guided my soul to her, nor traveled

From the Farthest Mosque to the Nearer Mosque