Claude 2

  1. كَتَبْتُ لها أَنَّني عاشِقٌ

    عَلى مُهْرَقِ الكَتْمِ بالناظِرِ

    I wrote to her that I am a lover

    On the brink of concealing with my gaze

  2. فَرَدَّتْ عليَّ جَوابَ الهَوى

    بِأَحْوَر في مائِهِ حائِرِ

    She replied to me with the answer of passion

    With the most beautiful eyes lost in their water

  3. مُنَعَّمةٌ نَطَقَتْ بالجُفُون

    فدَلَّتْ على دِقَّة الخاطِرِ

    Graceful, she spoke with her eyelids

    Indicating the gentleness of her thoughts

  4. كأَنَّ فؤادِي إِذا أَعْرَضَتْ

    تَعَلَّقَ في مخْلَبَيْ طائِرِ

    As if my heart, when she turns away

    Is caught in the talons of a bird