Claude 2

  1. مَسَاعِيْكَ في نَحْرِ العَدُوِّ سِهَامُ

    ورَأْيُكَ في هَامِ الضَّلالِ حُسامُ

    Your efforts against the enemy are arrows

    And your view amid the wilderness of misguidance is a sword

  2. ولَمْحُكَ يُرْدِي القِرْنَ وَهْوَ مُدَجَّجٌ

    وذِكْرُكَ يَُْنِي الجَيْشَ وَهْوَ لُهامُ

    Your glance fells the mighty horned beast

    And your mention inspires the army though frenzied

  3. كأنَّكَ لا تَرْضَى البسيطةَ مَنْزِلاً

    إذا لم يُطَنِّبْهُ عليكَ قَتَامُ

    It's as if you won't accept Basra as a dwelling

    Unless the darkness there is dispelled because of you

  4. كأنَّكَ خِلْتَ الشَّمْسَ خَوْداً فلم يَزَلْ

    يُقَنِّعُها بالنَّقْعِ منكَ لِثامُ

    It's as if you left the sun sulking so it hasn't stopped

    Being content with the veil from you as its garb

  5. وقد يَحْسِبُوْنَ السِّلْمَ منك سَلامَةً

    ورُبَّ مَنامٍ دَبَّ فيه حِمامُ

    And they may think making peace with you is safety

    But many a dream has stirred in which there is a dove