صِرتُI have come to أَدعوكَI call you مِنfrom وَراءِbehind حِجابa veil
صِرتُ أَدعوكَ مِن وَراءِ حِجاب
وَلَقَدand indeed كُنتَyou were حاجِبَchamberlain الحُجّابِthe chamberlains
وَلَقَد كُنتَ حاجِبَ الحُجّابِ
I have come to call you from behind a veil,
I've come to call you from behind the veil
and indeed you were the chamberlain of chamberlains.
Though you've been veiling what is veiled
أَصَواباًis it right? تَراهُyou deem it أَصلَحَكَmay He set you right اللGod (first part, continued next line)
أَصَواباً تَراهُ أَصلَحَكَ الل
هُGod (completion from previous line) فَماfor … not إِنemphasis reinforcing negation رَأَيتُهُI deemed it بِصَوابِas right
هُ فَما إِن رَأَيتُهُ بِصَوابِ
Do you deem it right (may God set you right)?
Perhaps rightly, as God made you righteous
For I have certainly not deemed it right.
Yet when I saw you I saw no rightness
Sol 6.1