عُدتُ بقلبٍ في الوجدِ مُنتكِسِ

عُدتُ بقلبٍ في الوجدِ مُنتكِسِ

وناظرٍ في الدُّموعِ مُنْغَمِسِ

وناظرٍ في الدُّموعِ مُنْغَمِسِ

I returned with a heart laid low by longing,

I returned with a heart downtrodden in passion

And an eye immersed in tears.

And eyes drowning in tears

وكان لَيلِي كأنّه نَفَسٌ

وكان لَيلِي كأنّه نَفَسٌ

فصار لَيلي كأنّه نَفَسي

فصار لَيلي كأنّه نَفَسي

And my night had been like a breath;

My night was as if a breath

Then my night became like my own breath.

So my night became as if my breath