غَلق الرَستمي باب حَديد

غَلق الرَستمي باب حَديد

حَلقة الباب مِن قَبيح اللِقاء

حَلقة الباب مِن قَبيح اللِقاء

Al-Rustami shut an iron door.

The Rustami closed the iron door

The door's ring-knocker is ugly to behold.

The ring of the door is from the ugliness of meeting

إِن دارَ الرِجال وَجهك يَكفيها

إِن دارَ الرِجال وَجهك يَكفيها

فَعلقه باب دار النِساء

فَعلقه باب دار النِساء

Indeed, your face suffices for the men's house;

Indeed the house of men, your face is enough for it

so hang it on the door of the women's house.

So hang it on the door of the women's house