Claude 2

  1. أَستَغفِرُ اللَهَ رَبي مِن مُخَدَّرَةٍ

    يَوماً بَدا لِيَ مِنها الكَشحُ وَالكَتَدُ

    I seek forgiveness from Allah, my Lord, for intoxication

    One day its tipsiness and wooziness appeared to me

  2. مِن رُفقَةٍ صاحَبونا في نِدائَهُمُ

    كُلٌّ حَرامٌ فَما ذُمّوا وَلا حُمِدوا

    From a company whose calls we answered

    Each thing forbidden, so they were not praised nor blamed

  3. حَتّى إِذا البُدنَ كاسَت في مَناحِرِها

    يَبلو المَناسِمَ منها مُزبِدٌ جَسِدُ

    Until when the bodies bent over in their throats

    From them foamy rotten flesh dripped

  4. وَحَلَّقَ القَومُ وَاِعتَمّوا عَمائِمَهُم

    فَحَلَّ كُلُّ حَرامٍ رَأسُهُ لَبِدُ

    And the people rounded up and donned their turbans

    So each forbidden thing raised its head high

  5. أَقبَلتُ أَسأَلُها ما بالُ رِفقَتِها

    وَما أُبالي أَغابَ القَومُ أَم شَهِدوا

    I came asking her about her company

    And I care not whether the people attended or were absent

  6. فَقَرَّبَت لِيَ وَاِحلَولَت مَقالَتُها

    وَخَوَّفَتني وَقالَت بَعضَ ما تَجِدُ

    She drew near to me and sweetened her talk

    And frightened me and said some of what she felt

  7. أَنّى يَنالُ حِجازِيٌّ بِحاجَتِهِ

    إِحدى بَني القَينِ أَدنى دارَها بَرَدُ

    How can a Hijazi attain his desire

    With any of the daughters of Qain their homes remote