Claude 2

  1. لَمَّا انْتَهَتْ عَيْني إِلىَ أَحْبَابِهَا

    شَاهَدْتُ صِرْفَ الرَّاحِ عَيْنَ حَبَابِهَا

    When my eyes reached their loved ones

    I saw the turning away of a loved one's eyes

  2. أَأَرَى سِوَى لَيْلَى إِذَا حَكَمَ الجَفَا

    مِنْهَا عَلَيَّ بِبُعْدِهَا وَحِجَابِهَا

    Shall I see other than Layla when estrangement rules me

    With her distance and veil between us

  3. والَكَوْنُ مِنْ عُشَّاقِهَا وَيَفُوتُنُي

    أَدَبٌ يَرَاهُ الحُبِّ مِنْ آدَابِهَا

    While the universe of her lovers tempts me

    With a grace that love sees as her graces

  4. لاَ وَالَّذي جَعَل الضَّنَا وَالحُزْنَ

    جِلْبَابِي بِهَا وَالحُسْنَ مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا

    No, by Him who made sadness and longing

    My garb through her, and beauty my garb

  5. وَنَعِمْتُ مِنْ أَكْوَانِهَا وَرَأَى السِّوى

    غَيْريِ فَأَصْبَحَ قَلْبُهُ يُكْوَى بِهَا

    I enjoyed her charms while others saw

    So their hearts were seared for her

  6. وَلَقَدْ طَرَقْتُ الحَيَّ بَيْنَ خِيَامِهِ

    فَكَأَنَّنِي لِلسُّقْمِ مِنْ أَطْنَابِهَا

    I walked the abode amidst its tents

    As if sickness itself were its drapes for me

  7. وَقَرأْت هَاتِيكَ البِيُوتَ تَصَفُّحاً

    فَكَأَنَّنِي المَسْئُولُ عَنْ إِعْرَابِهَا

    I read these verses closely

    As if I were asked to parse their grammar

  8. حَتَّى إِذَا جَذَبَ الصَّبَاحُ لِثَامَهُ

    وَرَمَتْ مَلِيَحةُ شَمْسِهِ بَنَقِابِهَا

    Until dawn drew its veil

    And the beautiful sun cast off her veil

  9. رَأَتْ الدُّجَيْنَةُ أَنَّني مِنْ بَعْضِهَا

    فَذَهَبْتُ بِالأَنْوَارِ عِنْدَ ذِهَابِهَا

    The gloom saw I was one of it

    So I left with the rays at its leaving

  10. وَشَهِدْتُ لَيْلَى لاَ يَرَاهَا غَيْرُهَا

    وَجَمَالُهَا قَدْ شَفَّ مِنْ جِلْبَابِهَا

    I witnessed Layla, seen by no other

    Her beauty had shed its veil

  11. وَطَلَبْتُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ أَسْبَابَ المُنَى

    مَوْصُولَةً بالْيَأْسِ مَنْ أَسْبَابِهَا

    I sought her but found only the means of death

    Linked by despair to its causes

  12. إلاَّ لِمَنْ أَعْطَى الصَّبَابَةَ حَقَّهَا

    وَأَتَى بيوُتَ الحَيِّ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا

    Except for those who gave youth its due

    And approached the abode through its doors

  13. وَوَفَى بِعَهْدِ رَسُولِهَا في أَمْرِهِ

    عَنْهَا فَقَامَ مَقَامَهُ في بَابِهَا

    And kept faith with the pact of its messenger

    In the matter, standing in the door in place