Claude 2

  1. أَشكو إِلَيكَ لِأَنَّنا أَخَوانِ

    سِيّانِ شَأنُكَ في الخُطوبِ وَشاني

    I complain to you, for we are brothers

    Our status is equal, in good times and bad

  2. سَقَطَ التَكَلُّفُ وَالتَجَمُّلُ بَينَنا

    وَالأَهلُ أَهلي وَالمَكانُ مَكاني

    Affectation and pretense have fallen between us

    My family is your family, my home your home

  3. وَأَخوكَ مَن شَهِدَ الوَفاءُ بِوِدِّهِ

    وَشَكا لِما تَشكو مِنَ الحَدَثانِ

    And your brother is one who stays loyal

    And shares your complaints of fickle times

  4. وَأَجابَ داعي الخَطبِ عَنكَ بِمالِهِ

    وَالماضِيَينِ مُهَنَّدٍ وَسِنانِ

    Who answers when you call, with his wealth

    Past and future, steadfast and true

  5. وَلَكَم هَزَزتُكَ وَالزَمانُ مُحارِبي

    فَهَزَزتُ مَشحوذَ الغِرارِ يَماني

    How often have I supported you when times were against us

    Propping up your sharp sword, O Yemen

  6. هَذا وَما بِالعَهدِ مِن قِدَمٍ وَما

    عِندي لِما أولَيتَ مِن كُفرانِ

    This is nothing new, no longstanding debt

    I have no ingratitude for what you have given me

  7. مِنَنٌ أَتَتني وَهيَ مُسرِعَةُ الخُطى

    سَبَقَت إِلَيَّ حَوادِثَ الأَزمانِ

    Favors came to me in haste

    Outpacing the events of time

  8. فَلَأَشكُرَنَّ عُهودَها وَعِهادَها

    بِصَفاءِ وُدٍّ أَو صَفاءِ بَيانِ

    I will thank them for their pacts and covenants

    With pure affection or lucid words

  9. مَعَ أَنَّني وَاللَهِ أَعلَمُ أَنَّني

    ما لي بِما أَولَت يَداكَ يَدانِ

    Although, by God, I know

    I have no claim to what your hands have granted

  10. لَم يَبقَ لي إِلّاكَ خِلٌّ مُحسِنٌ

    وَعَساكَ أَن تَبقى عَلى الإِحسانِ

    I have none left but you, good friend

    May you continue in your goodness

  11. إِنّي لَأَعجَزُ أَن أَرى مُتَحَمِّلاً

    غَدرَينِ غَدرَ أَخٍ وَغَدرَ زَمانِ

    I cannot bear to see you take on

    The betrayal of a brother and era’s betrayal