Claude 2

  1. بأبي نَبَذْتُكَ بالعَراءِ المُقْفِرِ

    وسَتَرْتُ وَجْهَكَ بالتُّرابِ الأَعْفَرِ

    By my father I abandoned you in the barren wilderness

    And covered your face with the blond dust

  2. بأبي بَذَلْتُكَ بعدَ صَوْنٍ للبِلَى

    ورَجعتُ عنكَ صَبَرْتُ أَمْ لَمْ أَصْبِرِ

    By my father I sacrificed you after guarding you from fading away

    I turned away from you, was I patient or not?

  3. لو كُنْتُ أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَرَى أَثَرَ البِلَى

    لَتَركتُ وجهكَ ضَاحِياً لَمْ يُقْبَرِ

    If only I could see the traces of fading away

    I would have left your face smiling, unburied