Claude 2

  1. لولاَ زَمان سَلَفا

    لَم يَشكُ قَلبي الأَسفا

    Had it not been for times gone by

    My heart would not have felt sorrow

  2. وإنَّما هَيَّجني

    رَبعٌ على الجزعِ عَفا

    And yet I was stirred

    By a quarter that forgave my anguish

  3. وذكرُ من دمعي بهم

    على خُدودي قد نَفَى

    And the memory of those whose tears

    Once flowed down my cheeks

  4. حسبي غراماً بهمُ

    حسبي غرامي وكفَى

    It is enough that I loved them

    My love for them is enough

  5. قالوا عَشقت أَهيفاً

    نَعم عشقتُ أَهيفا

    They said you loved one graceful

    Yes, I loved one most graceful

  6. مُمنطقَا مُقرَّطاً

    مُطوَّقاً مُشنَّفا

    Adorned and well-attired

    Collared and finely dressed

  7. لهُ سهامُ أعيُنِ

    غادرنَ قلبي هَدفا

    With the arrows of his eyes

    That pierced my heart with purpose

  8. وليس قصدي ابداً

    في الحُبِّ إلا يُوسُفا

    And I never intended

    Except for Joseph my love

  9. أمرضني فليسَ إلاَّ

    شفتاهُ لي شِفا

    He made me lovesick so none but

    His lips could heal me

  10. كالبدرِ وجهاً مُشرقاً

    والغُصنِ خصراً مُخطفا

    His face shone like the moon

    His waist swayed like a tender branch

  11. ما ضَرَّني أنِّي بهِ

    أَصبحتُ صباً مُدنفَا

    It mattered not to me that for him

    I woke each dawn lovelorn