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- أتراني أرى من الدهر يوماDo you think I shall ever see a dayEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- أخذ الفأر برجليThe mice took hold of my foot.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).88 verses
- إذا حججت بمال أصله دنسIf you perform the Hajj with wealth of origin impure,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- أراد الله أن يخزي جميلاGod wished to disgrace Jamil,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- أسمج الناس جميعا كلهمThe most repulsive of all people, every last one,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- ألا رب برغوث تركت مجندلاBehold, many a flea have I left felled and slain,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- الجود أفلسهم وأذهب مالهمGenerosity impoverished them and exhausted their wealthEnglish translations: Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- الحابس الروث في أعفاج بغلتهHe who holds back the dung in his she-mule’s bowels,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- الحمد لله شكراPraise be to God, with thanks.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- الخبز يبطي حين يدعي بهThe bread is slow to arrive when called for,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- الصدق في أفواههم علقمTruth in their mouths is bitter colocynth,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- الطريق الطريق جاءكم الأحمقMake way! Make way! There comes to you the...English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- إن رياح اللؤم من شحمهThe winds of baseness blow from his very fat,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- أنا بالأهواز جار لعمرIn Ahwaz I live as a neighbor to Amr,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- أنا بالأهواز جار لعمر لعظيمIn Ahwaz, I dwell as a neighbor to Umar,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- أنا بالأهواز محزونI am in Ahvaz, sorrow-English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- أنا في حال تعالى اللهI am in a state—Exalted be the Lord,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- أنا في حال تعالى الله لهI am in a state—exalted beEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).77 verses
- أنا مِن زوارِ بيتيI am but a visitor in my own house,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- أنتم خشار خشارYou are riffraff, utter riffraff.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- إني إذا ما شاعر هاجانيهIndeed, whenever a poet lampoons me,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- أهل جود ونائل ومنالPeople of generosity, bounty, and gifts;English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- آويت دهليزك منذ أربعI have lodged in your vestibule for four [nights],English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- برزت من المنازل القبابI have emerged from the domes of sheltered dwellings,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1111 verses
- خبز المعلم والبقال متفقThe teacher’s bread and the grocer’s are alike;English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- ذهب الموال فلا موالWealth has vanished; no wealth remains,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- رحل المطي إليك طلاب الندىSeekers of bounty have saddled their camels for you,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).88 verses
- سبع جوزات وتينهSeven walnuts and a figEnglish translations: Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- شرابك في السحاب إذا عطشناYour drink is in the clouds when we thirst,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- صلابة الوجه سلاح الفتىA brazen face is a young man's weapon,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- عاد الشمقمق في الخسارةAl-Shamaqmaq has returned to ruin,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1515 verses
- عجبت لحراقة بن الحسينI marvel at the vessel of Ibn al-Husayn,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- قال لي الناس زر سعيد بن سلمThe people said to me, “Visit Sa‘id ibn Salm.”English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- قد مررنا بمالك فوجدناهWe passed by Malik and discovered thereEnglish translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).66 verses
- كنت الممزق مرةOnce, I was the one who tore;English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- لا يعرف الشوق إلا من يكابدهNo one knows longing except one who endures it,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- لحية مروان تقي عنبراMarwan’s beard shelters ambergrisEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- لشتان ما بين اليزيدين في الندىHow far apart the two Yazids are in generosity,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- لما سألتك شيئاWhen I asked you for something,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- لو ركبت البحار صارت فجاجاIf I sailed the seas, they would turn into mountain passes;English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- لو قد رأيت سريري كنت ترحمنيHad I seen my bed, you would have pitied me.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- ليس إغلاقي لبابي أن ليI do not lock my door because I holdEnglish translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- ليس فيها مروة لشريفThere is no chivalry in it for a nobleman,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- ما أراني إلا سأترك بغدادI see no choice but to abandon Baghdad,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1414 verses
- ما إن رأيت خنازيرا معزيةI have not seen consoling pigsEnglish translations: Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- ما جمع الناس لدنياهمNothing people have gathered for their worldly livesEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).88 verses
- ما كان مندق اللواء لطيرهThe standard’s breaking was not due to an omenEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- ما كنت أحسب أن الخبز فاكهةI never thought that bread was a fruitEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- ما لي أراك بخيلاWhy is it I see you acting the miser?English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- مناي من دنياي هاتي التيMy wishes from this world of mine, whichEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1010 verses
- نزل الفأر ببيتيThe mice settled in my house,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).99 verses
- هللينه هللينهHallīnah, hallīnah!English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- هيهات تضرب في حديد باردIn vain—you strike at cold iron,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- وإذا تجنن الشاعر أو مفحمAnd when the poet—or one unable to compose verse—goes mad,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- ولقد قلت حين أجحرني البردI spoke when the bitter cold drove me to hide,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1515 verses
- ولقد قلت حين أقفر بيتيAnd indeed I said, when my house grew bareEnglish translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).1212 verses
- وله لحية تيسAnd he has a he-goat's beard,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- وليس على باب ابن إدريس حاجبAnd there is no doorkeeper at Ibn Idris's door.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- ومحتجب والناس لا يعرفونهAnd a man keeps himself secluded, though people do not know him.English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- وهذا جميل على بغلةAnd here is Jamil, astride a mule,English translations: Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).44 verses
- يا خير ركب سلكوا طريقاO finest band of riders who traveled a road,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- يا رازق الكلب والخنزير في سعةO You who provide for the dog and the pig in abundance,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).22 verses
- يا قاضي البصرة ذا الوجه الأغرO Judge of Basra, with your radiant faceEnglish translations: Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- يا كاسرا حرف الرغيفO you who break the edge of the loaf,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
- يا من يؤمل مبعداO you in whom hope is placed, though far away,English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).11 verse
- يوسف الشاعر فرخYusuf the poet is a chick;English translations: gpt-6.1-sol, Claude 2 (estimated), Gemini 3.5 Flash (user-attributed).33 verses
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