1. زرت حتى حجبت وانتقب النا

    س نقابين طرزاً باحتشام

    I visited until I was shut out, and the peo—

    —ple donned two veils, as an ornate show of decorum.

  2. إن بوابك القصير الطويل ال

    باع في سوء عشرتي واهتضامي

    Indeed, your short doorkeeper, long of re—

    —ach in ill-treating and oppressing me,

  3. هو تعويذ ملكك البارع الحس

    ن وشيطان عبدك المستضام

    is the talisman of your realm, surpassing in beau—

    —ty, and the demon of your wronged servant.

  4. سمح الوجه لو غدا حاجب البي

    ت كفرنا بالحج والاحرام

    O gracious-faced one, if he became keeper of the Sacred Hou—

    —se, we would forswear the pilgrimage and consecration.