1. أَروحُ وَلَم أُحدِث لِلَيلى زِيارَةً

    لَبِئسَ إِذاً راعي المَوَدَّةِ وَالوَصلِ

    I depart without having paid Layla a visit.

    What a wretched guardian of affection and union I am, then!

  2. تَرابٌ لِأَهلي لا وَلا نِعمَةٌ لَهُم

    لَشَدَّ إِذاً ما قَد تَعَبَّدَني أَهلي

    Dust upon my family—no, and no blessing for them!

    How utterly, then, my family have enslaved me!