Claude 2

  1. قَصَرتُ يَدَ الشِتاءِ بِحَرِّ جَمرٍ

    وَأَختِ الجَمرِ صافِيَةِ الرَحيقِ

    The winter's hand was shortened by burning embers,

    And the sister of embers - the one of pure nectar.

  2. تَرى نَبذَ الرَمادِ بِوَجنَتَيهِ

    كَكافورٍ يُذَرُّ عَلى خَلوقِ

    You see it scattered the ashes with its cheeks,

    Like camphor sprinkled on the beloved.

  3. وَدارَ الكَأسُ في يَدِ ذي دَلالٍ

    رَشيقِ القَدِّ يُعرَفُ بِالرَشيقِ

    The cup went round in the hand of one graceful,

    Slender in stature, known for his grace.

  4. يُحَلّي بِالتَبَسُّمِ دُرَّ ثَغرٍ

    تَخَلَّلَهُ شَوابيرُ العَقيقِ

    He adorns a smile with a pearl lip

    Pierced with rubies of carnelian.

  5. رَأَيتُ الكَأسَ في يَدِهِ وَفيهِ

    وَجَنحُ اللَيلِ مُنصَرِفُ الفَريقِ

    I saw the cup in his hand, in it

    The wings of night turning away the company.

  6. فَفي فَمِهِ هِلالٌ في غُروبٍ

    وَفي يَدِهِ الثُرَيّا في شُروقِ

    So in his mouth a crescent in sunset

    And in his hand the Pleiades in sunrise.

  7. وَيَسقيني وَيَشرُبُ مِن رَحيقٍ

    خَليقٍ أَن يُشَبَّهَ بِالخَلوقِ

    He gives me drink and sips from a nectar

    Worthy to resemble the beloved.

  8. كَأَنَّ الكَأسَ في يَدِهِ وَفيهِ

    عَقيقٌ في عَقيقٍ في عَقيقِ

    As if the cup in his hand, and in it

    Ruby in ruby in ruby.