أين (ليلاي) أينها

أين (ليلاي) أينها

حيل بيني وبينها

حيل بيني وبينها

Where is my Layla? Where is she?

Where is Laila, where is she

Where is my Layla, where is she?

A barrier was set between me and her.

Separated from me by trickery

A barrier has been set between me and her.

هل قضت دين من قضى

هل قضت دين من قضى

في المحبين دينها

في المحبين دينها

Has she repaid the debt of one who paid

Has she fulfilled what was ordained

Has she repaid the debt of one who perished

Her debt among the lovers?

Among lovers, her religion

Among the lovers—the debt she owes?

أصحلت القلب نارها

أصحلت القلب نارها

وأذاقته حينها

وأذاقته حينها

Her fire made the heart hoarse

She ignited the fire of my heart

Her fire has scorched the heart,

And made it taste her doom,

And let me taste it for an instant

And made it taste its doom.

مذ تعرفت سرها

مذ تعرفت سرها

وتعشق زينها

وتعشق زينها

Since I came to know her secret

Since I knew her secret

Ever since I learned her secret,

And it fell in love with her beauty.

And fell for her beauty

And fell in love with her grace,

روعتني ببينها

روعتني ببينها

لا رعى الله بينها

لا رعى الله بينها

She terrified me with her parting;

Her sight startled me

She terrified me with her separation;

May God never bless her parting!

May God not tend to her

May God grant no protection to her separation!

فتعلقت بالطيو

فتعلقت بالطيو

ف اللواتي حكينها

ف اللواتي حكينها

So I clung to the phantoms

So I clung to longing

So I clung to the spectral visions

That resembled her,

For those who told of her

That bore her resemblance,

وتعللت بالمنى

وتعللت بالمنى

فتبينت مينها

فتبينت مينها

And consoled myself with hopes,

And I made excuses with wishes

And I consoled myself with hopes

Then discovered their deceit.

Yet I saw who she was

Until I discerned their falsehood.

مالـ (ليلاي) لم تصل

مالـ (ليلاي) لم تصل

مهجات فدينها

مهجات فدينها

Why has my Layla not come to

Why, Laila, did you not reach

What ails my Layla that she does not join

Souls that sacrificed themselves for her,

The hearts that longed for you

Souls that were ransomed for her,

وقلوبا علقنها

وقلوبا علقنها

وعيونا بكينهما

وعيونا بكينهما

And hearts that loved her,

And the eyes that wept for you

And hearts that were attached to her,

And eyes that wept for them both?

Oh, my eyes, shed tears

And eyes that wept for her?

ايه يا عيني اذرفي

ايه يا عيني اذرفي

لن تري بعد عينها

لن تري بعد عينها

Come now, my eye, shed tears:

You will not see her eyes again

Pour forth, O my eye, your tears;

You will not see her eye again.

The heavens and earth

You shall see no one after her.

السماوات والأرا

السماوات والأرا

ضي جميعا نفينها

ضي جميعا نفينها

The heavens and the lands

Will all mourn her loss

The heavens and the earths

Have all banished her.

How I asked the paths

Have all together banished her.

كم تساءلت سالكا

كم تساءلت سالكا

أنهجا ما حوينها

أنهجا ما حوينها

How often I asked, while treading

That contained her

How often I asked, while wandering

Paths that did not hold her!

Only echo replied

Paths that did not contain her,

لم يجبني سوى الصدى

لم يجبني سوى الصدى

أين (ليلاي) أينها؟!

أين (ليلاي) أينها؟!

Nothing answered me but the echo:

Where is Laila, where is she?!

And nothing answered me but the echo:

Where is my Layla? Where is she?!

"Where is my Layla, where is she?!"