Claude 2

  1. وَفاءُ العَهدِ من شِيَمِ الكرامِ

    ونقضُ العَهدِ من شِيَمِ اللِّئَامِ

    Faithfulness to the covenant is a trait of the generous

    And covenant-breaking is a trait of the vile

  2. وعندي لا يُعَدُّ من السَّجايا

    سِوَى حِفظِ المَوَدَّةِ والذِّمامِ

    In my eyes, nothing counts as good manners

    Except keeping affection and responsibility

  3. وما حُسنُ البِداءَةِ شرطُ حُبٍّ

    ولكن شرطُهُ حسنُ الخِتامِ

    Beauty at the start is no condition for love

    Rather, its condition is a beautiful ending

  4. وليسَ العهدُ ما ترعاهُ يوماً

    ولكن ما رعَيتَ على الدَّوامِ

    A covenant is not what you kept one day

    But what you kept always

  5. نَقَضتمْ يا كرامَ الحيِّ عهداً

    حَسِبناهُ يدومُ لألفِ عامِ

    You noble souls broke a covenant

    We thought would last a thousand years

  6. وكنَّا أمسِ نطمعُ في جِوارٍ

    فصرنا اليومَ نقنعُ بالسَّلامِ

    Yesterday we hoped for closeness

    Today we make do with peace

  7. جَرَى عهدُ الثّقاتِ على فَعالٍ

    وعهدُ الغادرينَ على كلامِ

    The covenant of the trustworthy was fulfilled

    While the covenant of traitors was just words

  8. ومَن لا يبتغي لِلذَّنبِ عُذراً

    يهونُ عليهِ تفنيدُ الملامِ

    He who does not seek excuse for sin

    Finds it easy to refute blame

  9. ومَن لا يَرْعَ وُدَّكَ في رحيلٍ

    فلا يَرعَى وِدَادَكَ في مُقامِ

    He who does not consider your love when he leaves

    Will not consider your love if he stays

  10. ومَن عَدَلَ المَحاسِنَ بالمَساوي

    فقد جَهِلَ الصَّباحَ من الظَّلامِ

    He who makes good and bad equal

    Is ignorant of dawn from darkness

  11. أَنا الخِلُّ الوفيُّ وإنَّ نفسي

    تَفي حقَّ الصَّديقِ على التَّمامِ

    I am the ever-loyal friend, and my soul

    Fulfills a friend's due perfectly

  12. أُراعي حقَّهُ ما دامَ حيّاً

    وبعدَ وفاتِهِ حقَّ العِظامِ

    I uphold his rights as long as he lives

    And after death, the rights of his bones