حكم الضيوف بهذا الربع أنفذ من

حكم الضيوف بهذا الربع أنفذ من

حكم الخلائف آبائي على الامم

حكم الخلائف آبائي على الامم

The guests’ command in this house is more binding than

The guests’ authority in this abode is more binding than

the rule of the caliphs—my forefathers—over the nations.

The authority of the caliphs, my forefathers, over the nations.

فكل ما فيه مبذول لطارقه

فكل ما فيه مبذول لطارقه

فلا ذمام له الا على الحرم

فلا ذمام له الا على الحرم

For everything within is freely offered to whoever comes knocking;

So everything within it is freely offered to its visitor;

so nothing there is held inviolate, save the household’s women.

So nothing there is inviolable, save the women of the household.