1. Shahla asks her cage keeper,
And inquires about Malik, what he did.
١. تُسائِلُ شَهلَةُ قُفَّالَها
وَتَسأَلُ عَن مالِكٍ ما فَعَل
2. Malik took refuge in the land of the enemy,
And the winds of estrangement blew upon him.
٢. ثَوى مالِكٌ بِبِلادِ العَدُو
وِ تَسفي عَلَيهِ رِياحُ الشَّمَل
3. That's why Shahla readied me,
And fate stood in the way of return.
٣. لِذَلِكَ شَهلَةُ جَهَّزَتني
وَقَد حالَ دونَ الإِيابِ الأَجَل