وَداعٍ دَعا إِذ نَحنُ بِالخَيفِ مِن مِناً

وَداعٍ دَعا إِذ نَحنُ بِالخَيفِ مِن مِناً

فَهَيَّجَ أَشجانَ الفُؤادِ وَما يَدري

فَهَيَّجَ أَشجانَ الفُؤادِ وَما يَدري

And a caller called while we were at al-Khayf in Mina,

And a caller called out while we were at al-Khayf in Mina,

stirring the heart’s sorrows, all unknowing.

So he stirred the heart’s sorrows, unaware.

دَعا بِاِسمِ لَيلى غَيرَها فَكَأَنَّما

دَعا بِاِسمِ لَيلى غَيرَها فَكَأَنَّما

أَهاجَ بِلَيلى طائِراً كانَ في صَدري

أَهاجَ بِلَيلى طائِراً كانَ في صَدري

He called another—not her—by the name of Layla, and it was as though

He called someone other than her by Layla’s name, as though

with “Layla” he had roused a bird that dwelt within my breast.

With Layla’s name he had stirred a bird that was in my breast.