Claude 2

  1. سَمِعَ الناسُ وَقُلنا

    وَاِفتَضَحنا وَاِستَرَحنا

    People heard and we said,

    We were exposed and we relaxed.

  2. بِتُّ وَالبَدرُ نَديمي

    فَفَعَلنا وَتَرَكنا

    The full moon is my companion,

    So we did and we refrained.

  3. راحَ يَدعونا التَصابي

    فَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا

    He called us to reconcile,

    So we heard and obeyed.

  4. وَجَعَلناهُ يَقيناً

    بَعدَما قَد كانَ ظَنّا

    And we made it a certainty,

    After it had been a guess.

  5. شَكَرَ اللَهُ لِمَن بَشَّ

    رَ بِالوَصلِ وَهَنّا

    God thanked those who brought

    Good tidings and gentled.

  6. لي حَبيبٌ لِيَ مِنهُ

    كُلُّ شَيءٍ أَتَمَنّى

    I have a beloved who

    Grants my every wish.

  7. فَهوَ بَدرٌ يَتَجَلّى

    وَهُوَ غُصنٌ يَتَثَنّى

    He is a moon shining,

    And a branch bending.

  8. كانَ غَضباناً فَلَمّا

    أَن تَلاقَينا اِصطَلَحنا

    He was angry but when

    We met we made up.

  9. يَتَجَنّى وَلَعَمري

    حَقُّهُ أَن يَتَجَنّى

    He is gentle and by my life,

    He deserves to be gentle.

  10. جَمَعَ الحُسنَ وَفيهِ

    غَيرُ ذاكَ الحُسنِ مَعنى

    He combines beauty and in him

    Is beauty of another kind.

  11. مَن لَهُ مِثلُ حَبيبي

    قَد حَوى حُسناً وَحُسنى

    One who has a beloved like mine

    Has encompassed beauty and blessing.

  12. هاتِ حَدِّثني وَقُل لي

    ما عَلى العاذِلِ مِنّا

    Tell me and say to me,

    What blame is on us from the critic?

  13. نَحنُ لا نَسأَلُ عَنهُ

    ما لَهُ يَسأَلُ عَنّا

    We do not ask about him,

    Why does he ask about us?