إِذا رُمتُ مِن لَيلى عَلى البُعدِ نَظرَةً

تُطَفّي جَوىً بَينَ الحَشا وَالأَضالِعِ

When I glance at Layla from afar,

A glance that quenches the fire within my ribs and heart,

تَقولُ نِساءُ الحَيِّ تَطمَعُ أَن تَرى

مَحاسِنَ لَيلى مُت بِداءِ المَطامِعِ

The women of the neighborhood say with greedy hopes,

"We wish to see Layla's beauty that perished due to greedy hopes."

وَكَيفَ تَرى لَيلى بِعَينٍ تَرى بِها

سِواها وَما طَهَّرتَها بِالدامِعِ

How can you see Layla with an eye you use to see

Others when you have not purified it with tears?

وَتَلتَذُّ مِنها بِالحَديثِ وَقَد جَرى

حَديثُ سِواها في خُروقِ المَسامِعِ

And how can you find pleasure in talking to her when

The talk of others has flowed into your hearing?

أُجِلُّكِ يا لَيلى عَنِ العَينِ إِنَّما

أَراكِ بِقَلبٍ خاشِعٍ لكِ خاضِعِ

I glorify you, O Layla, from the eye. Rather,

I see you with a heart humble and yielded to you.