Claude 2

  1. قَدِّمَ لأهوال المآب مَتَابَا

    واعمَلْ فما التسويف منك صوابا

    Present yourself to the terrors of fate, repentant,

    And act, for procrastination is not right for you.

  2. فإلى متى والعُمْرُ لَمْحَةُ بَارِقٍ

    تلهو ويُوعِظُكَ النّصيحُ فتأبى

    For how long will you play, while life is but a flashing moment,

    And the adviser admonishes you, yet you refuse?

  3. القَبرُ حَسْبُكَ لَوْ تُوَفَّقُ وَاعِظاً

    والموتُ يكفي لَوْ عَلِمْتَ مُصَابَا

    The grave is enough for you, if only you were guided by the preacher,

    And death suffices, if only you knew affliction.

  4. وإذا غفِلْتَ فإنّه لك مُوتِرٌ

    قَوْساً متى تَدْعُ الفناءَ أجابا

    And if you are heedless, then he is a tester for you,

    Drawing his bow - how long will you put off answering the call of mortality?

  5. عمَّ الخَلاَئِقَ حُكمُهُ يَا لَيْتَهُ

    لو كان يَمْنَعُ بالبقاء جنابا

    His decree rules all creatures - oh, if only

    He could prevent the passage of all with life!

  6. كجَنابِ أحمدٍ السُهَيْلِيِّ الذي

    لَبِسَ المحامدَ في الورى أثوابا

    Like the passage of Ahmed Al-Suheili, who

    Wore garments of praise in the world.

  7. وَهُوَ الذي إِذْ خافَ فتنةَ وجهِه

    ضربَ الحياءَ على الجمال نِقابا

    He who, fearing the allure of his face,

    Covered his beauty with the veil of modesty.

  8. خَلْقٌ يَوَدّ البدرُ نَيْلَ تَمَامِهِ

    وخَلاَئِقٌ تَسْبِي العقولَ عُجَابا

    A being whose perfection the full moon wished to attain,

    And whose wonders dazzled all minds.

  9. غَارَتْ من الدّنيا عليه مَنِيَّةٌ

    شَوْقاً لهُ فاستعجَلَتْهُ شبابا

    Mortality envied him in the world,

    So it hurried to seize his youth.

  10. يا رَبِّ من وافاك أَحْوَجُ بائس

    ولِغَيْرِ بَابِكَ لا يسوق رِكَابَا

    O Lord! The most wretched in need of meeting You

    Has no other door to knock upon.

  11. فَاجْعَلْ له من فَيْضِ عَفْوِك مَوْرِداً

    أشْهى من العَذْب الفُرَاتِ شرابا

    So make for him a spring from the overflowing of Your pardon,

    Sweeter to drink than the sweet Euphrates.

  12. واقْبَلْ مقالةَ من دعاك مُؤَرِّخا

    نَوِّلْهُ في أعلى الفسيح ثوابا

    And accept the words of one who called upon You as a chronicler.

    Grant him the highest rewards in the most spacious paradise.