Claude 2

  1. يا صاحبَيْ شكواي هل ناصرٌ

    يملك رِفدي منكُمُ أو مُعينْ

    O my friends, do I have a helper

    Who can sustain me among you or an ally?

  2. مُرَّا على خنساءَ فاستطرِدا

    ذكري بأطراف الحديث الشُّجونْ

    Pass by Khansa' and chat with her at length

    Mentioning me with subtle words of passion―

  3. فإن أصاختْ لي فقولا لها

    عنِّي عسى صَعْبتها أن تَلينْ

    If she shows sympathy for me, then say to her

    Perhaps her aloofness to me may soften―

  4. قد عادَ للقلب جنونُ الصِّبا

    وهبَّ هذاك الغرامُ الدفينْ

    In my heart has returned the madness of youth

    And stirred up again that latent love―

  5. فهل لكم فِي الحيّ عرَّافَةٌ

    تحسِم بعد الشيبِ هذا الجنونْ

    Do you know of anyone alive

    Who can recover my sanity after old age?

  6. فحدَّثا خنساءَ قالت نعم

    هامَ كمْن هام فماذا يكونْ

    So they talked to Khansa' and she said "Yes,

    He is infatuated like any other infatuated one."

  7. أوصيه بالدمع دواءً فإن

    ضنَّ عليه جفنُه فالأنينْ

    I advise him to use his tears as a remedy, for

    If his eyelids are stingy then let him moan―

  8. يا قلبُ ما أنصفتَني طالعا

    على الهوى من شَرَف الأربعينْ

    O my heart, you have not been fair to me, rising

    To passion in my dignified forties!