أَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى بِجانِبِ هَضبَةٍ

أَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى بِجانِبِ هَضبَةٍ

أَما كانَ يَنعاها إِلَيَّ سِواكُما

أَما كانَ يَنعاها إِلَيَّ سِواكُما

O you two who announce Layla’s death beside a hill,

O callers of Layla by the hillside

Was there no one but you two to announce her death to me?

Shouldn't he have called to me except for both of you

وَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى بِجانِبِ هَضبَةٍ

وَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى بِجانِبِ هَضبَةٍ

فَمَن بَعدِ لَيلى لا أُمِرَّت قُواكُما

فَمَن بَعدِ لَيلى لا أُمِرَّت قُواكُما

And O you two who announce Layla’s death beside a hill,

O callers of Layla by the hillside

Who, then, is left after Layla? May your strength never be made firm!

After Layla, who wouldn't be bothered by both of you

وَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى لَقَد هِجتُما لَنا

وَيا ناعِيَي لَيلى لَقَد هِجتُما لَنا

تَباريحَ نَوحٍ في الدِيارِ كِلاكُما

تَباريحَ نَوحٍ في الدِيارِ كِلاكُما

And O you two who announce Layla’s death, you have indeed stirred in us

O callers of Layla, you have mourned for us

The agonies of wailing in the dwellings, both of you.

The sorrows of Noah in the lands, both of you

فَلا عِشتُما إِلّا حَليفَي مُصيبَةٍ

فَلا عِشتُما إِلّا حَليفَي مُصيبَةٍ

وَلا مُتُّما حَتّى يَطولَ بَلاكَما

وَلا مُتُّما حَتّى يَطولَ بَلاكَما

So may you both live only as companions of calamity,

You have not lived except as allies of affliction

And may you not die until your suffering has lasted long.

And you will not die until your affliction is prolonged

وَأَسلَمَتِ الأَيّامُ فيها عَجائِباً

وَأَسلَمَتِ الأَيّامُ فيها عَجائِباً

بِمَوتِكُما إِنّي أُحِبُّ رِداكُما

بِمَوتِكُما إِنّي أُحِبُّ رِداكُما

And may the days yield wonders therein,

And the days have surrendered wonders in them

Through your deaths; indeed, I love your destruction.

With your death, I love to return you

أَظُنُّكُما لا تَعلَمانِ مُصيبَتي

أَظُنُّكُما لا تَعلَمانِ مُصيبَتي

لَقَد حَلَّ بَينُ الوَصلِ فيما أَراكُما

لَقَد حَلَّ بَينُ الوَصلِ فيما أَراكُما

I think you two do not know my calamity;

I think you do not know my affliction

Separation has indeed befallen union, as I see you both.

It has come between union whenever I see you