أُحُبُّكِ يا لَيلى وَأُفرِطُ في حُبّي

أُحُبُّكِ يا لَيلى وَأُفرِطُ في حُبّي

وَتُبدينَ لي هَجراً عَلى البُعدِ وَالقُربِ

وَتُبدينَ لي هَجراً عَلى البُعدِ وَالقُربِ

I love you, O Layla, and go to extremes in my love.

I love you, O Layla, and exceed in my love

Yet you show me estrangement, whether far or near.

While you show me estrangement, both far and near

وَأَهواكِ يا لَيلى هَوىً لَو تَنَسَّمَت

وَأَهواكِ يا لَيلى هَوىً لَو تَنَسَّمَت

نُفوسُ الوَرى أَدناهُ صِحنَ مِنَ الكَربِ

نُفوسُ الوَرى أَدناهُ صِحنَ مِنَ الكَربِ

And I love you, O Layla, with a love that, if breathed in

And I passionately love you, O Layla, a passion - if

By the souls of humankind, even in its smallest measure, would make them cry out in anguish.

The souls of humankind could sense it, it would alleviate their worries

شَكَوتُ إِلَيها الشَوقُ سِرّاً وَجَهرَةً

شَكَوتُ إِلَيها الشَوقُ سِرّاً وَجَهرَةً

وَبُحتُ بِما أَلقاهُ مِن شِدَّةِ الحُبِّ

وَبُحتُ بِما أَلقاهُ مِن شِدَّةِ الحُبِّ

I complained to her of my longing, in secret and openly,

I complained to her of longing, secretly and openly

And revealed what I endure from love's intensity.

And confessed to her the intensity of my love

وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الصَدَّ مِنها وَلَم تَكُن

وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الصَدَّ مِنها وَلَم تَكُن

تَرِقُّ لِشَكواتي شَكَوتُ إِلى رَبّي

تَرِقُّ لِشَكواتي شَكَوتُ إِلى رَبّي

And when I saw her rejection, and she did not

And when I saw her rejection, and she was not

Soften at my complaints, I complained to my Lord.

Softened by my complaints, I complained to my Lord

إِذا كانَ قُربَ الدارِ يورِثُ حَسرَةً

إِذا كانَ قُربَ الدارِ يورِثُ حَسرَةً

فَلا خَيرَ لِلصَبِّ المُتَيَّمِ في القُربِ

فَلا خَيرَ لِلصَبِّ المُتَيَّمِ في القُربِ

If nearness to the dwelling brings heartache,

If proximity to her abode causes regret

Then nearness holds no good for the lovesick, enthralled lover.

Then there is no good for the passionate lover in such nearness