وَلي صاحِبٌ زُرتُهُ لِلسّلامِ

وَلي صاحِبٌ زُرتُهُ لِلسّلامِ

فَقابَلَني بِالحِجابِ الصُراحِ

فَقابَلَني بِالحِجابِ الصُراحِ

I have a friend whom I visited to offer greetings;

A friend of mine, I visited to greet

but he met me with an outright refusal of entry.

But he greeted me from behind a screen

وَقالوا تَغَيَّبَ عَن دارِهِ

وَقالوا تَغَيَّبَ عَن دارِهِ

لِخَوفِ غَريمِ مُلِحٍّ وَقاحِ

لِخَوفِ غَريمِ مُلِحٍّ وَقاحِ

And they said he had gone away from his house,

They said he's absent from his house

for fear of a persistent, shameless creditor.

Fearing the insistence of an enemy outspoken and rude

وَلَو كانَ عَن دارِهِ غائِباً

وَلَو كانَ عَن دارِهِ غائِباً

لَأَدخَلَني أَهلُهُ لِلنِّكاحِ

لَأَدخَلَني أَهلُهُ لِلنِّكاحِ

But had he been absent from his house,

And had he been absent from his house

his household would have let me in for intercourse.

His family would have let me in for marriage