Claude 2

  1. وَغَزالٍ مِن آلِ شَيبانَ قَد أَح

    رَمَ عَيني في اللَيلِ طيبَ الرُقادِ

    A gazelle from the family of Shayban has deprived

    my eyes of sweet sleep at night,

  2. بابِلِيُّ الأَلحاظِ كَالنارِ خَدّا

    هُ وَلَكِن حَرَّها في فُؤادي

    Babylonian with burning glances and cheeks like fire,

    yet her heat burned in my heart.

  3. قُلتُ لَمّا يُرَنَّحُ عِطفَي

    هِ كَغُصنِ الأَراكَةِ المَيّادِ

    I said, when her bending side sways

    like a willow branch tossing in the wind,

  4. قَد سَرَقتَ الرُقادَ قالَ مُجيباً

    لَيسَ هَذا بدعاً مِنَ الأَكرادِ

    "You have stolen sleep from me." He answered,

    “This is nothing new for the Kurds."