Claude 2

  1. أقول بالله لا بكوني

    فإنه بالدليلِ عيني

    I speak by Allah, not by my being

    For with evidence it's clear to see

  2. إن الحدوث الذي لكوني

    قد حال ما بينه وبيني

    That the occurrence that's my existence

    Has come between it and me

  3. في نظر العقلِ لا بكشفي

    فالبينُ بيني والبينُ بيني

    In reason's view, not my unveiling

    So the distance between me is the distance between me

  4. إنْ دلَّ أني له بغير

    فذاك لي إذا سألت عوني

    If it indicates that I'm for it without

    Then when I ask for help, that's for me

  5. أو قلتُ إني له بعين

    أكذبني صوته وصوني

    Or if I said I'm for it specifically

    Its voice and guarding belie me

  6. فالأمر بيني وبين حبي

    عليه نبني إن كنتَ تبني

    So the matter's between me and my love

    On it we build, if you want to build

  7. أثنيتَ يوماً عليَّ جهلاً

    فقال أثني عليَّ تثني

    You praised me one day in ignorance

    So he said "Praise me and you will praise me"

  8. فنيت عني به إليه

    وذاك ما لم يقم بظني

    So I passed from me to him through him

    And that's what didn't stand by my guess

  9. وما جهلتُ الرويّ فيما

    نظمته فانظروه مني

    And I didn't know the narration in what

    I composed, so look at it from me

  10. فما تراه من نظم قولي

    فليس شعراً خذوه عني

    So whatever poetry you see in my words

    It's not poetry, take it from me

  11. بل هو ما قال فيه ربي

    من ذكر جمع ببينِ كوني

    Rather it's what my Lord said about it

    From the mention of creation in my existence

  12. فكلُّ ما في الوجود نظمٌ

    وليس شعراً والوزنُ وزني

    So everything in existence is a composition

    And not poetry, and the meter is my meter

  13. ليس الفراهيد لي إمامٌ

    أنا إمام له فإني

    Al-Farahidi is not my guide

    I'm his guide, for I am

  14. في كلِّ ما قلت من روي

    علام وقتي فلا تثني

    In all I have narrated

    A sign of my time, so do not praise me

  15. في آل عمرانَ إن نظرتم

    بيتٌ وفي توبة وثني

    In the Family of Imran, if you look

    A house, and in Repentance a praise

  16. بالحجر واعلم بأنَّ قولي

    في كلِّ ما قلت عنه يغني

    By the stone, and know that my words

    In all I have said about Him suffice

  17. فالرقم مني والحقُّ يملي

    فكلُّ ما خُط ليس مني

    So the numbering's from me, and the truth dictates

    Thus all I have written is not from me