ياO سيداًmaster ساحةthe courtyard أبوابهhis gates
يا سيداً ساحة أبوابه
لكلfor all منwho لاذsought refuge بهاin it قبلهa qibla (direction of prayer)
لكل من لاذ بها قبله
O master, the courtyard of whose gates
O master of the field whose gates
is a qibla for all who seek refuge there.
Welcome all who sought refuge before
قدindeed استنبتI appointed as my proxy الطرسthe page فيin لثمهits kissing
قد استنبت الطرس في لثمه
كفكyour palm واستودعتهand I entrusted it قبلهa kiss
كفك واستودعته قبله
I have made the page my proxy in kissing
Thorns have grown in his kiss
your palm, and entrusted it with a kiss.
Your palm held his before
فامددso extend إليهto it راحةa palm لمnot يزلcease
فامدد إليه راحة لم يزل
معروفهاits generosity يخجلputs to shame منthose who قبلهwere before him
معروفها يخجل من قبله
So extend to it a palm that has never ceased
So extend to him a kindness unstinting
to shame those before him with its generosity.
Though once it made him blush before
Sol 6.1