تَعَلَّقتُ لَيلى وَهيَ غِرٌّ صَغيرَةٌ

تَعَلَّقتُ لَيلى وَهيَ غِرٌّ صَغيرَةٌ

وَلَم يَبدُ لِلأَترابِ مِن ثَديِها حَجمُ

وَلَم يَبدُ لِلأَترابِ مِن ثَديِها حَجمُ

I fell in love with Layla when she was an innocent little girl,

I fell for Layla when she was a little bud

And no fullness of her breast was yet visible to her peers.

Before her breasts took form that filled men with desire

صَغيرَينِ نَرعى البَهمَ يا لَيتَ أَنَّنا

صَغيرَينِ نَرعى البَهمَ يا لَيتَ أَنَّنا

إِلى اليَومِ لَم نَكبَر وَلَم تَكبَرِ البَهمُ

إِلى اليَومِ لَم نَكبَر وَلَم تَكبَرِ البَهمُ

As two little children, we tended the lambs—oh, if only we

We were small children herding goats, oh if only

Had not grown up even to this day, nor had the lambs grown.

We'd stayed young and the goats had stayed small