قل للمَليحة في الخِمارِ الأَسوَدِ

ماذا أَردت بناسك متعبدِ

Tell the pretty one in the black veil

What did you intend by your devoutness

قد كانَ شَمَّرَ للصَلاة ثيابه

حتىّ قعدت له بباب المسجد

He had tucked up his clothes for prayer

Until you sat for him at the mosque's door