Claude 2

  1. مررت بنجدٍ والحمائم تهتفُ

    فاذريت دمعي والركائب وقَّفُ

    I passed by Najd while the doves were calling out,

    So I shed my tears while the mounts were halted.

  2. تذَّكرتُ اياماً سلفن بسفحه

    عشية عاطاني المدامة اهيف

    I remembered days gone by on its plains,

    When wine was poured for me in the evening by a gazelle.

  3. رئيق قوامٍ افتديه باسرتي

    وان لامني فيه الوشاة وعنَّفوا

    A delicate, slender one I ransomed with my family,

    Though the slanderers berated me for it and became harsh.

  4. فما الورد الا من خدودك يجتني

    وما الخمر الا من رضابك يرشفُ

    Roses are only plucked from your cheeks,

    And wine is only sipped from your lips.

  5. سلوا رامة عن ناظريّ فكم غدت

    برامة عيناي المدامع تذرفُ

    Ask Ramah about my eyes - how much

    Have my tearful eyes become like Ramah's eyes that shed tears.

  6. لحا اللَه هاتيك المعاهد كم بها

    ابيت ولي قلبٌ يذوب فينطفُ

    May God protect those covenants - how much

    Have I spent the night while my heart melts and drips.

  7. وللَه ما بين الغوير وثهمد

    واكناف نجد والابيرق موقف

    By God, what is between Ghawir and Thahmad,

    And the environs of Najd and Abiriq are halting places.

  8. وقفت به والغيد حولي تخالها

    بدور دجىً يشرقن والليل مسدف

    I stood there while the darkness surrounded me,

    As if it were houses lit up at dusk and the night eclipsed.

  9. اسفت على تلك المعاهد والربى

    وهيهات يجدي المستهام التأسفُ

    I regretted those covenants and dwellings,

    But alas, the remorse of one who yearns is of no use.

  10. يحنُّ لها القلب الشجي بلهفةٍ

    لك اللَه هل يجدي الشجيَّ التلهفُ

    My ardent heart longs for them,

    But does the yearning of the ardent heart avail?

  11. دع اللوم عني يا هذيم فلم يكن

    معاذ الهوى يصغى الى اللوم مدنفُ

    Leave off blaming me, O Hazim, for passion

    Does not heed the blame of the critic.

  12. علمت بأني يوم ادلج ركبهم

    انادي وراء الركب ساعة اعنفوا

    I knew the day I rode with them,

    I called out behind the traveling band when they departed.

  13. انادي وراء الظاعنين بعولةٍ

    وكفِّيَ للدمع الهتون وهي تهتفُ

    I called out behind those who walked away haughtily,

    While my tears flowed and they called out.

  14. تطارحني بالشجو طوراً وتارةً

    ابث لها وجداً له الدمع موطفُ

    At times it casts me down in longing,

    And at times I confide in it, while the tears flow.