1. وَخَبَّرتُماني أَنَّ تَيماءَ مَنزِلٌ

    لِلَيلى إِذا ما الصَيفُ أَلقى المَراسِيا

    And you two told me that Tayma is a dwelling

    for Layla when summer casts its anchors.

  2. فَهَذي شُهورُ الصَيفِ عَنّا قَدِ اِنقَضَت

    فَما لِلنَوى تَرمي بَليلي المَرامِيا

    So these months of summer have already passed us by;

    why, then, does separation fling Layla far away?

  3. أَعُدُّ اللَيالي وَالشُهورُ وَلا أَرى

    غَرامي بِكُم يَزدادُ إِلّا تَمادِيا

    I count the nights and the months, yet I find

    my passion for you growing only more persistent.

  4. فَيا جَبَلَي نَعمانَ إِن آنَ بُعدُهُم

    فَإِنّي سَأَكسوكَ دُموعَ الجَوارِيا

    O two mountains of Na'man, if their departure is at hand,

    then I shall clothe you in flowing tears.

  5. فَلَو كانَ واشٍ بِاليَمامَةِ دارُهُ

    وَداري بِأَعلى حَضرَمَوتَ اِهتَدى لِيا

    For if a talebearer's home were in al-Yamama,

    and mine in upper Hadramawt, he would find his way to me.