Claude 2

  1. مررت بجزع واديهم سحَيرا

    وليس الماء فيه بالمعين

    I passed by their valley in distress,

    Though the water in it was not scarce,

  2. وكنت بإثر ما ودّعت صحبى

    ففاض النهر من ماء الجفون

    And I was after bidding my friends farewell,

    So the river overflowed with the water of my eyelids.

  3. وسرت وفى الفؤاد لهم حنين

    فبالله ما أشجى حنيني

    By God, nothing makes my yearning more intense,

    I complain to the valley with my poetry,

  4. أطارح ساجع الوادي بسجع

    يذيب بشجوه قلب الحزين

    Melting the heart of the sorrowful with my lamentation.

    O hills of you, my heart grieves,

  5. أبا ورقاءكم تشجين قلبى

    وتندب فوق أفنان الغصون

    Mourning atop the branches of the saplings.

    If I have taken weeping as my religion,

  6. لئن كنت اتخذت النوح دينا

    فسَح الدمع فوق الخد ديني

    Then let tears flow abundantly down my cheek as my faith.

    I suffer estrangement and separation's torment,

  7. لعاني النأي والتفريق رقى

    ومضنى البين في البلوى أعيني

    And the distance in affliction has weakened my eyes.

    O dove, show me where they went,

  8. أبيني يا حمامة أين بانوا

    بحق ذمام حبهم أبيني

    For the sake of the reins of their love show me.

    Though not long has passed since their departure,

  9. وما بالعهد من قدم ولكن

    أرى التفريق يجمع لي شجوني

    But I see separation gathering my sorrows.

    My heart, the day they left, became

  10. فؤادي يوم ساروا أو دعوه

    لهيب الجمر لما ودعني

    Like burning embers when they bid me farewell.

    O morning breeze to their highland,

  11. نسيم صبا الأصيل إلى عُلاهم

    بحقكِ بلغى شكوى أنيني

    For your sake, convey the moaning of my lament.

    Over their plains the trains of my garment flowed,

  12. على ساحاتهم جرى ذيولا

    وعند خيامهم فلتذكريني

    And by their tents, let it remind them of me.

    And if one day they ask about my passion for them,

  13. وإن سألوك يوما عن غرامي

    بهم فصفي لهم شأن الشؤون

    Describe to them the state of my sorrows.

    I am forever enamored with them, and I have nothing

  14. أنا المغرى بهم أبداً ومالي

    سوى ذكراهمُ في كل حين

    Except the memory of them at all times.

    Maybe time will unite what has been separated,

  15. عسى الأيام تجمع نظم شملى

    فتصدق بالمنى فيهم ظنوني

    And fulfill my hopes regarding them.