Claude 2

  1. ليناً قسيُّ بِحالِ عَبدِكْ

    وَتَحنُّناً في رَفعِ بُعدِك

    Gentle to your servant in my state,

    And merciful in removing your distance,

  2. وَتَلافِياً فَوِصالُهُ

    في قَطعِ هَجرِك ثمّ صَدّك

    And quick to connect, though its attainment

    Is in cutting off your estrangement and your rejection.

  3. كَم أَحرَقتهُ مُهجَةٌ

    نارُ البعادِ وَنارُ خَدّك

    How your frowns have burned me,

    The fire of separation and the fire of your cheeks.

  4. وَلَظى الغَرامِ بِقَلبِهِ

    إِذ شَبَّها إِفراطُ طَردِك

    And the flame of passion burns his heart

    When your excessive rejection resembles it.

  5. في مُقلَتَيكَ قَتَلتَني

    وَطَعَنتَني في رُمحِ قَدّك

    In your eyes you killed me,

    And stabbed me with the spear of your stature.

  6. وَحَرَمتَني مِن وَجنَتَيكَ

    لِرُؤيَتي مُحمرَّ وَردِك

    And you denied me the pleasure of your cheeks

    When I saw the redness of your rose.

  7. وَتَرشَّفي خَمرَ اللّمى

    مِن فيكِ حاوي عَذبَ شَهدِك

    And to wet my throat with the wine of union

    From your mouth, which contains sweet nectar.

  8. وَتَسمُّعي مِنك الحَديثَ

    وَنَظرَتي ما تَحت عقدِك

    And to hear your speech from you

    And to look beneath your plaits.

  9. يا عاذِلي ما ذا المَلامُ

    بَذلت فيهِ كلَّ جَهدِك

    Oh my reproacher! What is the blame

    In which you have exerted all your effort,

  10. وَسعَيت فيهِ جاهِداً

    وَجَددتَ فيهِ كلّ جَهدِك

    And striven with all your might,

    And renewed in it all your exertion?

  11. وَظَنَنتَهُ وَهوَ الضّلال

    بِأَنّ فيهِ حسنَ رُشدِك

    You thought it misguidance,

    While in it was the merit of your righteousness.

  12. وَاللَّه يُطعِمُكَ الهَوى

    لِتَذوقَ فيهِ حرقَ كبدِك

    God feeds you vain desire,

    So you may taste in it the bitterness of your liver.

  13. أَو أَنّهُ حالاً يَمنُّ

    عَلَيَّ إِحساناً بِفَقدِك

    Or so you may think,

    Doing me a favor in your absence.

  14. بِالصّبرِ قلبِ وَعَدتَني

    كُن وافِياً قَلبي بِوَعدِك

    With patience you promised my heart,

    My heart, be faithful to your promise.

  15. وَالصّبرُ خَيرٌ في الهَوى

    وَلَدَيهِ يَبدو حُسن وَجدِك

    Patience is best in love,

    And in it appears the beauty of your presence.

  16. وَلَرُبَّما جادَ الحَبي

    بُ بِقُربِهِ مِن بَعدِ بُعدِك

    And perhaps the beloved may give

    From his nearness after the remoteness of your distance.

  17. يا مُنحِلي حتّى فَنيتُ

    وَضَعتَني في نصفِ مُدّك

    Oh my dissolver, until I perish,

    You have placed me halfway into my grave.

  18. فَبِيَ اِقضِ ما قَد شِئتَهُ

    حِبِّي فَما أَنا غَيرُ عَبدِك

    So decide what you desire,

    My love, for I am nothing but your servant.