أَأَترُكُ لَيلى لَيسَ بَيني وَبَينَها

أَأَترُكُ لَيلى لَيسَ بَيني وَبَينَها

سِوى لَيلَةٍ إِنّي إِذاً لَصَبورُ

سِوى لَيلَةٍ إِنّي إِذاً لَصَبورُ

Shall I leave Layla, when nothing lies between me and her

Shall I leave Layla when between us lies

but a single night? Then I am very patient indeed.

Only a night - though patient I would be?

هَبوني اِمرَأً مِنكُم أَضَلَّ بَعيرَهُ

هَبوني اِمرَأً مِنكُم أَضَلَّ بَعيرَهُ

لَهُ ذِمَّةٌ إِنَّ الذِمامَ كَبيرُ

لَهُ ذِمَّةٌ إِنَّ الذِمامَ كَبيرُ

Consider me a man among you who has lost his camel:

Send me, my friends, the man whose camel strays,

he is owed protection; indeed, the bond of protection is weighty.

For he's obliged - great is a neighbor's claim.

وَلِلصاحِبُ المَتروكُ أَعظَمُ حُرمَةٌ

وَلِلصاحِبُ المَتروكُ أَعظَمُ حُرمَةٌ

عَلى صاحِبٍ مِن أَن يَضِلَّ بَعيرُ

عَلى صاحِبٍ مِن أَن يَضِلَّ بَعيرُ

And an abandoned companion is owed greater regard

The man whose beast is lost has sacred dues

by a companion than a camel that goes astray.

O'er him whose camel wanders not astray.

عَفا اللَهُ عَن لَيلى الغَداةَ فَإِنَّها

عَفا اللَهُ عَن لَيلى الغَداةَ فَإِنَّها

إِذا وَلِيَت حُكماً عَلَيَّ تَجورُ

إِذا وَلِيَت حُكماً عَلَيَّ تَجورُ

May God pardon Layla this morning, for she,

Allah forgive fair Layla in the dawn,

when she sits in judgment over me, acts unjustly.

For should she judge, oppressively she'd rule.