1. I have never desired
In all my life
١. ما يَتَقَضّى عَجَبي
ما عِشتُ مِن مُطَّلِبِ
2. What I asked of him -
A coat of mail
٢. سَأَلتُهُ دُرّاعَةً
لِباسُها يَجمُلُ بي
3. Whose beauty would adorn me.
But he said, "I hate that it be worn
٣. فَقالَ لي أَكرَهُ أَن
تُلبَسَ مِن بَعدِ أَبي
4. After my father,
Having seen the cold, and who
٤. وَقَد رَأى البُردَ وَمَن
يَلبَسُهُ بَعدَ النَبي