Claude 2

  1. وَقائلٍ قالَ لي مَن أَنتَ قُلتُ لَهُ

    مَقالَ ذي حِكمَةٍ وَاتَت لَهُ الحِكَمُ

    A speaker asked me, "Who are you?"

    I answered with wise words that brought wisdom to him:

  2. لَستُ الَّذي تَعرِفُ البَطحاءُ وَطأَتَهُ

    وَالبَيتُ يَعرِفُهُ وَالحِلُّ وَالحَرَمُ

    "I'm not the one the plain knows from its soil,

    Nor the house that knows me, or the permitted and forbidden.

  3. أَنا الَّذي دينُهُ إِسعافُ سائِلِهِ

    وَالضُرُّ يَعرِفُهُ وَالبُؤسُ وَالعَدَمُ

    I am the one whose faith is to help those who ask,

    Distress knows me, and misery and nothingness.

  4. أَنا الَّذي حُبُّ أَهلِ البَيتِ أَفقَرَهُ

    فَالعَدلُ مُستَعبِرٌ وَالجَورُ مُبتَسِمُ

    I am the one whose love for the people of the house impoverished him.

    So justice struggles while tyranny smiles."