If you have a disposition that I dislike, then I will bear it, or rather, I will endure it. And if you have a natural disposition that I dislike, then I will endure it. And the Arabs say "asqattahu" and "nasaltuhu" when something falls. And I will make it fall, and "nasaltuhu" and "asqattahu" are two ways of saying it fell. And the "garments" here are a metaphor for "qualities." As God Almighty says, "and your garments, so purify them." And similar to this is the saying of Antarah: "The noble one is not forbidden from the spear, So he tore his clothes in his long suffering."

And if there is something in my disposition that you do not approve of, then ask for my heart's affection to be removed from your affection, and ask me to spend nights away from you, meaning, depart and leave my affair to God.

"You command me to be killed, Do you think that your killing me is enough for me?"

And as for this: "You have killed me, and you almost owned my blood."

He said, "You have killed me," meaning, "You have caused me great distress." It is as if he has killed me. And this is the saying of the one who says, "The woman killed me with her words, and so-and-so killed me with his words." He meant that his distress had reached its peak, and that whatever your heart commands of me, I will obey. And if you command me to be killed, then I will not resist. For if I wish, I can rule over you.

"And your eyes did not shed tears Except to strike my heart with your arrows."

His saying "your eyes shed tears" is also narrated as "your eyes shed their two arrows." He meant by the two arrows the two eyes, and by the "quarters" the broken parts. And "quarters" means broken. And "quarters" is not counted as one. And the meaning is: your eyes did not shed tears except to wound my heart.