1. زرت حتى حجبت وانتقب النا

    س نقابين طرزاً باحتشام

    I kept visiting until I was barred, and the people veiled themselves

    with two veils embroidered with modest reserve.

  2. إن بوابك القصير الطويل ال

    باع في سوء عشرتي واهتضامي

    Indeed, your short doorkeeper has a long reach

    in mistreating me and denying me my due.

  3. هو تعويذ ملكك البارع الحس

    ن وشيطان عبدك المستضام

    He is a talisman for your surpassingly beautiful realm,

    and a devil to your downtrodden servant.

  4. سمح الوجه لو غدا حاجب البي

    ت كفرنا بالحج والاحرام

    Gracious of face—were he to become doorkeeper of the House,

    we would renounce the pilgrimage and ritual consecration.