حِجابُكَyour barrier صَعبٌunyielding يُجبَهُis rebuffed الحُرُّthe freeborn man دونَهُbefore it
حِجابُكَ صَعبٌ يُجبَهُ الحُرُّ دونَهُ
وَقَلبيand my heart إِذاwhen سيمَis subjected to المَذَلَّةَhumiliation أَصعَبُmore unyielding
وَقَلبي إِذا سيمَ المَذَلَّةَ أَصعَبُ
Your barrier is unyielding; the freeborn man is rebuffed before it.
Your veil is hard, the free man struggles against it
And my heart, when subjected to humiliation, is more unyielding still.
And my heart, when branded with humiliation, struggles even more
وَماand not أَزعَجَتنيhas driven me نَحوَtoward بابِكَyour door حاجَةٌa need
وَما أَزعَجَتني نَحوَ بابِكَ حاجَةٌ
فَأُجشِمُso that I burden نَفسيmyself رَجعَةًa return حينَwhen أُحجَبُI am denied entry
فَأُجشِمُ نَفسي رَجعَةً حينَ أُحجَبُ
And no need has driven me toward your door,
No need has ever troubled me, to knock at your door
that I should burden myself with turning back when I am denied entry.
So I spare myself the shame of being turned away
Sol 6.1