أَلا أَيُّها النوّامُ وَيَحكُمُ هُبّوا

أَلا أَيُّها النوّامُ وَيَحكُمُ هُبّوا

أُسائِلُكُم هَل يَقتُلُ الرَجُلَ الحُبُّ

أُسائِلُكُم هَل يَقتُلُ الرَجُلَ الحُبُّ

Listen, you sleepers—woe to you! Wake up!

O you who are asleep, awake!

I ask you: does love kill a man?

I ask you, does love kill a man?

فَقالوا نَعَم حَتّى يَرُضَّ عِظامَهُ

فَقالوا نَعَم حَتّى يَرُضَّ عِظامَهُ

وَيَترُكَهُ حَيرانَ لَيسَ لَهُ لُبُّ

وَيَترُكَهُ حَيرانَ لَيسَ لَهُ لُبُّ

They said: yes, until it crushes his bones

They said, yes it does, until it pleases his bones,

And leaves him bewildered, bereft of reason.

And leaves him confused, with no sense left.

فَيا بَعلَ لَيلى كَيفَ يُجمَعُ شَملُنا

فَيا بَعلَ لَيلى كَيفَ يُجمَعُ شَملُنا

لَدَيَّ وَفيما بَينَنا شَبَّتِ الحَربُ

لَدَيَّ وَفيما بَينَنا شَبَّتِ الحَربُ

So, O Layla's husband, how can we be brought together

So my Layla's husband, how can we reunite,

In my presence, when war has flared between us?

When between us war has grown?

لَها مِثلُ ذَنبي اليَومَ إِن كُنتُ مُذنِباً

لَها مِثلُ ذَنبي اليَومَ إِن كُنتُ مُذنِباً

وَلا ذَنبَ لي إِن كانَ لَيسَ لَها ذَنبُ

وَلا ذَنبَ لي إِن كانَ لَيسَ لَها ذَنبُ

Her guilt is like mine today, if I am guilty,

Today she has a sin like mine, if I am sinful,

And I have no guilt if she has none.

And I have no sin, if she has none.