Claude 2

  1. قيلَ فُلانُ الدين قد تابا

    وَروحُه للزُّهدِ قَد ثابا

    They said so-and-so has repented

    And his soul has returned to asceticism

  2. قلتُ عنِ التّوبة قالوا نعم

    فازدَدْتُ مِنْ ذلكَ إعجابا

    I asked about his repentance and they said yes

    So I became more amazed

  3. من شَيخُه قال الذي قد كسي

    بالزفرِ الماشِيِّ ألقابا

    Whose sheikh, they said the one

    Who was honored with titles

  4. تقليةٌ قالوا نَعم ذاكَ هُوْ

    قلتُ الذي ما زالَ حلاَّبا

    A trick, they said yes that's him

    I said the one who never stopped being sly

  5. قالوا أَجَل قلت أَما كانَ قد

    أَقسَمَ لا داسَ لهُ بابا

    They said yes, I said but hadn't he

    Sworn he'd never cross this door

  6. لأنّه دلّس في

    عَلَيْه تَدليساً وما حابى

    Because he was deceitful

    Deceiving without shame

  7. ذات زئيرُ شَعرِ

    تَخالُهُ في اللّمسِ سِنجابا

    A woman with flowing hair

    Soft to the touch like a gazelle

  8. تَوَدُّ لو باتَ على

    من حُبِّها ضَرَّابا

    She wishes if he spent the night

    Passionately in love with her

  9. عاصفاً زعزَعاً

    يقلَعُ أوتاداً وأطناباً

    Stormy, shaking

    Uprooting poles and tents

  10. تَرقصُ مثلَ الدُّب إن عاينت

    في مَجْلسِ دَبّابا

    She dances like a bear when she sees

    Him in a social gathering

  11. سائبةُ تَرى دائماً

    كُلَّ فيه مُنسابا

    A loose woman who always

    Sees everything in him flowing

  12. قالَتْ وَقدْ غازلَها هي هَهِيْ

    بَقى أو نَغْلُقُ البابا

    She said to him, giggling

    Should we close the door

  13. والعهدُ يا عَينيَّ قد غَمّني

    صَفْعُكَ للشّيخ وما تابا

    My dear the promise, it saddened me

    Your slap to the sheikh and he didn't repent

  14. مُشْتَغِلاً عَنْكَ بِبُهتانه

    يَرمُقُ سجّاداً وَمحِرابا

    Busy with his nonsense

    Glancing at prayer mats and mihrabs

  15. نَسِيت إذْ صَفَى لكَ الشيخُ بال

    مزرةِ حمصيصاً وطبطابا

    You forgot when the sheikh was pure to you

    With treats of Hummus and Tabbouleh

  16. وإذ جنى منْ كَرْمةٍ فوقه

    عندَكَ للخمرة أعنابا

    And when he brought you grapes from his vineyard

    As wine for you

  17. تخونُكَ البركةُ تلكَ التي

    سَقاكَ منها أمسِ أكوابا

    The blessing will betray you, that

    Which he served you in cups yesterday

  18. ودَلقةٌ رَهنٌ على غَلبهِ

    وَلَمْ يزلْ بالنّردِ غَلاّبا

    And backgammon is a pledge to his conquest

    He always wins at dice

  19. قال لهَا كُفِّي كفى ما جَرى

    فلا تَظني الشّيخَ نَصّابا

    He said to her enough, enough of what happened

    Don't think the sheikh a fraud