حمامةdove بطنhollow الواديينthe two valleys ترنميsing
حمامة بطن الواديين ترنمي
سَقاكِmay it water you منamong الغُرِّthe bright الغَواديmorning rain clouds مَطيرُهاtheir rain-laden one
سَقاكِ من الغُرِّ الغَوادي مَطيرُها
Dove of the hollow of the two valleys, sing!
The dove cooing in the valley's depths
May the rain-laden one among the bright morning clouds water you.
Her drink is from the rain of stormy clouds
وكنتُand I used to إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle جئتُI came to ليلىLayla تبرْقَعَتْshe veiled her face
وكنتُ إذا ما جئتُ ليلى تبرْقَعَتْ
فقَدْso indeed رابنيit troubled me منهاfrom her الغداةَthis morning سفورُهاher being unveiled
فقَدْ رابني منها الغداةَ سفورُها
And whenever I came to Layla, she would veil her face;
Whenever I came to Layla she was veiled
So her being unveiled this morning has troubled me.
Yet at dawn today her unveiled face has delighted me