Sol 6.1

  1. أَجَبتُ بِلَيلى مَن دَعاني تَجَلُّداً

    عَسى أَنَّ كَربي يَنجَلي فَأَعودُ

    I answered 'Layla' to whoever called me, mustering fortitude,

    Perhaps my anguish will lift and I shall recover,

  2. وَتَرجِعُ لي روحُ الحَياةِ فَإِنَّني

    بِنَفسِيَ لَو عايَنتَني لَأَجودُ

    And the spirit of life will return to me; for I

    Am yielding up my soul—if you could see me.

  3. سَقى حَيَّ لَيلى حينَ أَمسَت وَأَصبَحَت

    مِنَ الأَرضِ مُنهَلُّ الغَمامِ رَعودُ

    May Layla's camp be watered, at evening and at dawn,

    On earth, by a pouring, thundering cloud.

  4. عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ إِن دَنَت أَو تَباعَدَت

    أَنا كَلِفٌ صَبٌّ بِها وَعَميدُ

    In every circumstance, whether she draws near or goes far away,

    I am enamored of her, lovesick and heartsick.

  5. فَلا البُعدُ يُسليني وَلا القُربُ نافِعي

    وَلَيلي طَويلٌ وَالسُهادُ شَديدُ

    So distance does not console me, nor does nearness help me;

    And my night is long, and sleeplessness severe.

  6. يَقولُ لِيَ الواشونَ إِذ يَرصُدونَني

    وَمِنهُم عَلَينا أَعيُنٌ وَرُصودُ

    The talebearers say to me as they watch me—

    And among them are spies and watchers over us—

  7. سَلا كُلُّ صَبٍّ حِبَّهُ وَخَليلَهُ

    وَأَنتَ لِلَيلى عاشِقٌ وَوَدودُ

    'Every lover has forgotten his beloved and his close companion,

    Yet you are enamored of Layla and devoted to her.'

  8. فَدَعني وَما أَلقاهُ مِن أَلَمِ الهَوى

    بِنارٍ لَها بَينَ الضُلوعِ وَقودُ

    So leave me to the pain of love I endure,

    From a fire whose fuel lies between my ribs.

  9. أُعالِجُ مِن نَفسي بَقايا حُشاشَةٍ

    عَلى رِمَّتي وَالروحُ فِيَّ تَجودُ

    I struggle with the last remnants of life within me,

    Upon my wasted frame, as the soul within me ebbs away.