Claude 2

  1. ألستَ تَرى رَكبَ الغَمامِ يُساقُ

    وأدمُعَه بينَ الرِّياضِ تُراقُ

    Do you not see the caravan of clouds being led

    And its tears flowing between the gardens

  2. وقد رَقَّ جلِبابُ النَّسيمِ على النَّدى

    ولكنْ جلابيبُ الغُيومِ صِفاقُ

    The robe of the breeze has been adorned with dew

    But the robes of clouds are all torn

  3. وعندي منَ الرَّيحانِ نَوعٌ تُحبُّهُ

    وكأسٌ كرَقراقِ الخَلوقِ دِهاقُ

    I have a kind of basil you would love

    And a cup noisy like the anklets of a beauty

  4. وذو أدبٍ جلَّت صَنائعُ كَفِّه

    ولكن معاني الشِّعرِ فيه دِقاقُ

    A man of literature, excellent are the works of his hands

    But the meanings of his poetry in him are subtle

  5. لنا أبداً من نَثرِهِ ونِظامِه

    بَدائِعُ حَلْيٍ ما لَهُنَّ حِقاقُ

    We will have from his prose and verse forever

    Wondrous beauties that have no equal

  6. وأَغْيَدُ مُهتَزٌّ على صَحْنِ خَدِّهِ

    غَلائِلُ من صِبْغِ الحَياءِ رِقاقُ

    Over his rosy cheek hangs a dangling earring

    Strands dyed with the color of shy modesty

  7. أحاطَتْ عيونُ العاشقينَ بِخَصْرِه

    فهُنَّ له دُونَ النِّطاقِ نِطاقُ

    The eyes of lovers have encircled his waist

    So they are his belt under the belt

  8. وقد نُظِمَ المنثورُ فهو قلائِدٌ

    علينا وعقدٌ مُذْهَبٌ وخِناقُ

    Prose has been strung as necklaces over us

    A gilded and ornate necklace

  9. وغُرفَتُنا بينَ السَّحائبِ تلتقي

    لهُنَّ عليها كِلَّةٌ ورِواقُ

    Our chamber between the clouds comes together

    Over it are porches and a hall

  10. تَقَسَّمَ زُوَّار منَ الهِنْدِ سقفَها

    خِفافٌ على قَلبِ النَّديمِ رِشاقُ

    Indian visitors shared its ceiling

    Their steps light on the heart of the boon companion

  11. أَعاجِمُ تَلتَذُّ الخِصامَ كأنَّها

    كَواعِبُ زَنْجٍ راعَهُنَّ طَلاقُ

    Foreigners delight in argument as if they are

    Sinful Zanj slave girls aroused by separation

  12. أَنِسْنَ بنا أُنسَ الإماءِ تحبَّبَتْ

    وَشيمَتُها غدرٌ بنا وإباقُ

    They have made friends with us with the intimacy of slave girls

    Yet their nature is betrayal and abandonment

  13. مُواصِلَةٌ والوردُ في شَجَراتِه

    مفارِقَةٌ إن حانَ منه فِراقُ

    Being together, and roses on their branches

    Departure, when parting from them happens

  14. فَزُرْ فِتْيَةً بَرْدُ الشَّرابِ لَدَيْهِمُ

    حَميمٌ إذا فارَقْتَهُم وغَسَاقِ

    So visit youths, the coolness of drink is with them

    Intimacy, when you leave them, and separation

  15. إذا اشتهرَتْ بالحُسْنِ أخلاقُ صاحبٍ

    فليسَ لخلوقٍ جَفاهُ خَلاقِ

    When the morals of a friend become well-known

    No creature has the right to spurn the Creator