1. Your veil is hard, the free man struggles against it
And my heart, when branded with humiliation, struggles even more
١. حِجابُكَ صَعبٌ يُجبَهُ الحُرُّ دونَهُ
وَقَلبي إِذا سيمَ المَذَلَّةَ أَصعَبُ
2. No need has ever troubled me, to knock at your door
So I spare myself the shame of being turned away
٢. وَما أَزعَجَتني نَحوَ بابِكَ حاجَةٌ
فَأُجشِمُ نَفسي رَجعَةً حينَ أُحجَبُ