أَروحُI depart وَلَمand have not أُحدِثmade لِلَيلىto Layla زِيارَةًa visit
أَروحُ وَلَم أُحدِث لِلَيلى زِيارَةً
لَبِئسَindeed, how wretched إِذاًthen راعيguardian of المَوَدَّةِaffection وَالوَصلِand union
لَبِئسَ إِذاً راعي المَوَدَّةِ وَالوَصلِ
I depart without having paid Layla a visit.
I go away having paid Layla no visit.
What a wretched guardian of affection and union I am, then!
Woe to the shepherd then of love and reunion!
تَرابٌdust لِأَهليupon my family لاno وَلاand no نِعمَةٌblessing لَهُمfor them
تَرابٌ لِأَهلي لا وَلا نِعمَةٌ لَهُم
لَشَدَّindeed, how greatly إِذاًthen ماthe fact that قَدindeed تَعَبَّدَنيhave enslaved me أَهليmy family
لَشَدَّ إِذاً ما قَد تَعَبَّدَني أَهلي
Dust upon my family—no, and no blessing for them!
Dust to my people, neither care nor grace for them.
How utterly, then, my family have enslaved me!
How hard then what my people made me undergo!