أين (ليلاي) أينها
حيل بيني وبينها
Where is Laila, where is she
Where is my Layla, where is she?
Separated from me by trickery
A barrier has been set between me and her.
هل قضت دين من قضى
في المحبين دينها
Has she fulfilled what was ordained
Has she repaid the debt of one who perished
Among lovers, her religion
Among the lovers—the debt she owes?
أصحلت القلب نارها
وأذاقته حينها
She ignited the fire of my heart
Her fire has scorched the heart,
And let me taste it for an instant
And made it taste its doom.
مذ تعرفت سرها
وتعشق زينها
Since I knew her secret
Ever since I learned her secret,
And fell for her beauty
And fell in love with her grace,
روعتني ببينها
لا رعى الله بينها
Her sight startled me
She terrified me with her separation;
May God not tend to her
May God grant no protection to her separation!
فتعلقت بالطيو
ف اللواتي حكينها
So I clung to longing
So I clung to the spectral visions
For those who told of her
That bore her resemblance,
وتعللت بالمنى
فتبينت مينها
And I made excuses with wishes
And I consoled myself with hopes
Yet I saw who she was
Until I discerned their falsehood.
مالـ (ليلاي) لم تصل
مهجات فدينها
Why, Laila, did you not reach
What ails my Layla that she does not join
The hearts that longed for you
Souls that were ransomed for her,
وقلوبا علقنها
وعيونا بكينهما
And the eyes that wept for you
And hearts that were attached to her,
Oh, my eyes, shed tears
And eyes that wept for her?
ايه يا عيني اذرفي
لن تري بعد عينها
You will not see her eyes again
Pour forth, O my eye, your tears;
The heavens and earth
You shall see no one after her.
السماوات والأرا
ضي جميعا نفينها
Will all mourn her loss
The heavens and the earths
How I asked the paths
Have all together banished her.
كم تساءلت سالكا
أنهجا ما حوينها
That contained her
How often I asked, while wandering
Only echo replied
Paths that did not contain her,
لم يجبني سوى الصدى
أين (ليلاي) أينها؟!
Where is Laila, where is she?!
And nothing answered me but the echo:
"Where is my Layla, where is she?!"
