Claude 2

  1. وأبيضَ من أولادِ سعد بن مالك

    سقيت من الصهباء حتى تقطّرا

    Whiter than the sons of Sa’d ibn Malik

    I drank from the morning star until it dripped

  2. وحتى رأى الشخص القريب بسكره

    شخوصاً فنادى يال سعد وكبّرا

    And until the near person in his intoxication

    Saw figures, so he called “Come, O Sa’d!” and exalted

  3. فقلت أسكرانٌ فقال مكابراً

    أبى اللَه أن أستخَفّ وأسكرا

    So I said, “You are drunk,” and he denied stubbornly

    “God forbid that I jest and get drunk!”

  4. فقلت له اشرب هذه بابليّةٌ

    تخال بها مسكاً ذكيّا وعنبَرا

    So I said to him, “Drink this, it is Babylonian,

    You will imagine it to be fine musk and ambergris with it”

  5. فلما حساها هرّها ثم إنّه

    تماسك شيئا واجماً متفَكّرا

    So when he tasted it, he spat it out, then he

    Held himself together, silent and pensive,

  6. وقال أعدها قلت صبرا سويعةً

    فهوّمَ شيئاً ثم قام فبَربَرا

    And said “Do it again.” I said, “Wait a bit,”

    He pondered a little, then stood up mumbling,

  7. فقلت له نم ساعةً علّ ما أرى

    من السكر يبدي منك صرماً مذكّرا

    So I said to him, “Sleep an hour, it seems

    From the drunkenness there appears in you chatter.”