1. I greet you from afar, though you are near
It's said I flee what I hold dear
١. سَلَوتُ عَن هاجِري وَعِندي
أَنِّيَ في ذاكَ غَيرُ فارِهْ
2. When I claimed this, they said to me
A slave may act unwillingly
٢. فَقيلَ لي إِذ أَذَعتُ هَذا
يُخارُ لِلعَبدِ وَهوَ كارِه