Claude 2

  1. تَما ابْنَ قَيْسٍ وَحَارِثٍ وَيَزِيد

    أنْتَ واللَّهِ رَأسُ أهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ

    You are the chief of Iraq's people, son of Qais, Harith, and Yazid

    By God, you are a serpent spewing poison

  2. أنْتَ وَاللهِ حَيَّةٌ تَنْفُثُ السُّم

    مَ قَلِيلٌ فِيهَا غَنَاءُ الرَّاقِي

    With little antidote to heal the afflicted

    You are the sun, men but stars

  3. أنْتَ كالشَّمْسِ والرِّجَال نُجُومٌ

    لاَ يُرَى ضَوؤُهَأ مَعَ الإشْرَاقِ

    Whose glow cannot be seen when you rise

    You have protected Iraq with sharp swords

  4. قَدْ حَمَيت الْعِرَاقَ بِالأسَلِ السُّمْ

    رِ وَبِالْبِيضِ كالْبُرُوقِ الرّقَاقِ

    And with the white blades, like flashes of lightning

    We came when you called us to Syria

  5. وَأجيْنَاكَ إذْ دَعَوْتَ إلى الشَ

    ام عَلَى الْقُبِّ كالسَّحُونِ الْعِتَاقِ

    Against the enemy, like free warriors

    You ignited war in Syria with the white blades

  6. وَسَعَرْتَ القِتَالَ في الشَّامِ بِالْبَي

    ضِ الْمَوَاضِي وَبِالرّمَاحِ الدِّقَاقِ

    And with the slender spears

    We see only forearms and palms

  7. لاَ نَرَى غَيْرِ أذْرُعِ وَأكْفٍّ

    ورُؤُسِ بِهَامِهَا أفْلاَقِ

    And heads severed by the blows

    Whenever I said the throngs had dwindled

  8. كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ قَدْ تَصَرَّمَتِ الهَيْجَ

    اءُ سَقَيْتَهُمْ بِكَأسٍ دِهَاقِ

    You watered them with a deep bowl

    You have fulfilled your duty to truth

  9. قَدْ قَضَيْتَ الَّذِي عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الحَقّ

    وَسَارَتْ بِهِ الْقِلاَصُ الْمَنَاقِي

    And the executioners have accomplished it

    Your great right remains over people

  10. وَبَقِيَ حَقُّكَ الْعَظِيمُ عَلَى النَّ

    اسِ وَحَق الْمَلِيكِ صَعْبُ الْمَراقِي

    And the right of the King is hard to attain

    You are sweet to those close in friendship

  11. أنْتَ حُلْوٌ لِمَنْ تَقَرَّبَ بِالْوِدّ

    وَلِلشَّانِئِينَ مُرُّ الْمَذَاقِي

    And bitter to those hostile in enmity

    Wearing the crown of your grandfather and father

  12. لاَبِسٌ تَاجَ جَدّه وَأَبيهِ

    لَوْ وَقَاهُ رَدَى المَنِيَّةِ وَاقِ

    If only it could ward off the termination of life

    Evil is what Ibn Hind assumed of you

  13. بِئْسَ مَا ظَّنَّهُ ابْنُ هِنْدٍ وَمَن مِث

    لُكَ لِلنَّاسِ عِندَ ضِيقِ الخِنَاقِ

    And those like you, in people's eyes in times of distress