La hozno aboho bihi. Wa lasti tadrin shayaan an moanati.
But I do not reveal my sorrow, and you did not know a thing about my suffering.
Amshi wa adhako, ya Layla, mokabaratan.
I walk and smile, oh Layla, because I'm stubborn.
Alli okhabi an al nas ihtidarati.
So I hide from the people, my approaching death.
La al nas tirifo ma amri fa tazironi.
For if the knew what is the matter, they would try to console me.
Wa la sabilal adayhim fi moasati.
And I knew that they could not.
Yarsoo bi jafnaya hermanon yamooso dami.
Deprivation rests upon my brow and sucks my blood.
Wa yastabiho iza shaa abtisamati.
