Claude 2

  1. إنّ الألى ضربوا لنا مثلاً

    في البيض قالوا الحق في المثلِ

    Indeed they set an example for us

    In the eggs they spoke the truth in the example

  2. جعلوه من تدبيرهم وسطاً

    والبدء محذوفا من العمل

    They made it the middle of their management

    And the beginning is omitted from the deed

  3. حضنوه أياما لها عددٌ

    جمٌّ بلا سأم ولا مللِ

    They brooded them days that have number

    A group without boredom or weariness

  4. واستخرجوا منها فراخهمُ

    ألوانها شتى على مهل

    And extracted from them their chicks

    Their colors are various slowly

  5. فيهن طاووسية نجت

    حلل الغراب ودكنة الحجل

    Among them are peahens that hatched

    The raven’s attire and the darkness of ink

  6. ماءٌ ومحٌ صار قشرُهما

    كنفاً وواقية من الخلل

    Water and dash became their shells

    A cloak and protection from defects

  7. مثل ضربناه فَضًلَّ به ال

    جهّالٌ أهل النوك والخبلِ

    An example we set so the ignoble went astray

    The ignorant, people of distaffs and folly