سلا سليمى سلاها

عن الذي ما سلاها

Greetings to her, greetings to her grace

Of whom I did not greet

ألقى الغرام المراسي

عندي فألقت عصاها

I cast my passion at the harbors

To me, so she cast her staff away

محلها بفؤادي

ما حله إلاها

She settled in my heart

None but her settled there

عرفت مجنون ليلى

لما عرفت هواها

I knew Layla's madman

When I knew her love

هذي مقاساة قيس

هذا شواظ لظاها

This is Qays' suffering

These are the embers of her wrath

لم استطع كتم ما بي

ولا استطعت جفاها

I could not conceal what was within me

Nor could I repel her

ولا استمعت لعتب

من عاذل في جواها

Nor heed the reproaches

Of one who blamed her in her absence

ما لي سواها حبيب

مالي حبيب سواها

I have no beloved but her

No beloved but her have I