سألتُ أبا عَلِيِّكُمْ نوالا

سألتُ أبا عَلِيِّكُمْ نوالا

فقبلَ تمامِ مسألتي نوى لا

فقبلَ تمامِ مسألتي نوى لا

I asked your Abu Ali for a gift;

I asked your father Ali for affection

And before my request was complete, he had decided on “no.”

But before my request was complete, he refused