أَلا إِنَّ لَيلى العامِرِيَّةَ أَصبَحَت

أَلا إِنَّ لَيلى العامِرِيَّةَ أَصبَحَت

عَلى النَأيِ مِنّي ذَنبَ غَيرِيَ تَنقِمُ

عَلى النَأيِ مِنّي ذَنبَ غَيرِيَ تَنقِمُ

Lo, Layla al-ʿAmiriyya has come to

Alas! Layla al-Aamiriya has now turned

hold another's fault against me, though far from me.

To blame me from afar for another’s sin.

وَما ذاكَ مِن شَيءٍ أَكونُ اِجتَرَمتُهُ

وَما ذاكَ مِن شَيءٍ أَكونُ اِجتَرَمتُهُ

إِلَيها فَتَجزيني بِهِ حَيثُ أَعلَمُ

إِلَيها فَتَجزيني بِهِ حَيثُ أَعلَمُ

Nor does this stem from any wrong I have committed

Yet that was nothing I had done,

against her, for which she would repay me, as far as I know.

To be rewarded thus, as I know well.

وَلَكِنَّ إِنساناً إِذا مَلَّ صاحِباً

وَلَكِنَّ إِنساناً إِذا مَلَّ صاحِباً

وَحاوَلَ صَرماً لَم يَزَل يَتَجَرَّمُ

وَحاوَلَ صَرماً لَم يَزَل يَتَجَرَّمُ

But when a person tires of a companion

But when a man grows tired of a friend

and seeks to sever ties, he never stops finding fault.

And schemes against an ally, his crimes go on.