زرت حتى حجبت وانتقب النا
س نقابين طرزاً باحتشام
I visited until I was shut out, and the peo—
I visited until I was barred, and the people donned
—ple donned two veils, as an ornate show of decorum.
two veils embroidered with modesty.
إن بوابك القصير الطويل ال
باع في سوء عشرتي واهتضامي
Indeed, your short doorkeeper, long of re—
Indeed, your short gatekeeper, long of
—ach in ill-treating and oppressing me,
reach in mistreating and wronging me,
هو تعويذ ملكك البارع الحس
ن وشيطان عبدك المستضام
is the talisman of your realm, surpassing in beau—
is the protective charm of your surpassingly beautiful realm,
—ty, and the demon of your wronged servant.
and the devil of your downtrodden servant.
سمح الوجه لو غدا حاجب البي
ت كفرنا بالحج والاحرام
O gracious-faced one, if he became keeper of the Sacred Hou—
Gracious-faced—were he to become gatekeeper of the
—se, we would forswear the pilgrimage and consecration.
House, we would renounce pilgrimage and ritual consecration.
Sol 6.1