إِلَيكَ عَنِّيَ هائِمٌ وَصِبٌ

إِلَيكَ عَنِّيَ هائِمٌ وَصِبٌ

أَما تَرى الجِسمَ قَد أَودى بِهِ العَطَبُ

أَما تَرى الجِسمَ قَد أَودى بِهِ العَطَبُ

Leave me alone: I am lovelorn and ailing.

My longing and passion for you grows

Do you not see how affliction has already brought the body to ruin?

Do you not see what illness has done to my body?

لِلَّهِ قَلبِيَ ماذا قَد أُتيحَ لَهُ

لِلَّهِ قَلبِيَ ماذا قَد أُتيحَ لَهُ

حَرُّ الصَبابَةِ وَالأَوجاعُ وَالوَصَبُ

حَرُّ الصَبابَةِ وَالأَوجاعُ وَالوَصَبُ

God help my heart—what has been allotted to it:

My heart, what has it been made to endure?

The heat of ardent love, pains, and sickness.

The heat of yearning, the pain, the trials.

ضاقَت عَلَيَّ بِلادُ اللَهِ ما رَحُبَت

ضاقَت عَلَيَّ بِلادُ اللَهِ ما رَحُبَت

يا لَلرِجالِ فَهَل في الأَرضِ مُضطَرَبُ

يا لَلرِجالِ فَهَل في الأَرضِ مُضطَرَبُ

God's lands have grown narrow for me, for all their breadth.

God’s vast lands feel constricted to me.

O men! Is there, then, any place on earth to roam?

Oh men, is there no one else suffering in this world?

البَينُ يُؤلِمُني وَالشَوقُ يَجرَحُني

البَينُ يُؤلِمُني وَالشَوقُ يَجرَحُني

وَالدارُ نازِحَةٌ وَالشَملُ مُنشَعِبُ

وَالدارُ نازِحَةٌ وَالشَملُ مُنشَعِبُ

Separation pains me, and longing wounds me.

Separation pains me, desire wounds me,

And the dwelling lies far away, and our union is sundered.

My home abandoned, my family torn apart.

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى لَيلى وَقَد حُجِبَت

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى لَيلى وَقَد حُجِبَت

عَهدي بِها زَمَناً ما دونَها حُجُبُ

عَهدي بِها زَمَناً ما دونَها حُجُبُ

How can I reach Layla, now that she has been screened away?

How can I reach Layla when she is veiled?

I knew her once, when no veils stood between us.

Long have I known her, no veils between us.