Claude 2

  1. أَقولُ لِنُطقي اليَومَ إِن كُنتَ مَسعَدي

    إِذاً أَرقَ أَسبابَ السَماءِ بِمَصعَدِ

    I say to my speech today, if you have brought me good fortune,

    Then ascend to the highest reaches of the sky by stairs,

  2. وَاِنظُم مِنَ القَولِ النَفيسِ فَرائِداً

    تُنزِل شِعري الأُفقَ في شِعرِ مُنشِدِ

    And compose from the finest words leading poems,

    That bring down my poetry to the horizon in the poetry of one who chants.

  3. إِذا أَنا لَم أوفِ المَكارِمَ حَقَّها

    مِنَ الشُكرِ في سَلكِ القَريضِ المَنضَدِ

    If I have not fulfilled virtues their due,

    Of gratitude in the path of polished verse,

  4. فَلا شَغَفَت لي بِالمَكارِمِ مُهجَةً

    وَلا عَزَّ آبائي وَلا طابَ مُحتَدي

    Then no zeal for virtues has stirred my heart,

    Nor has the glory of my forebears been sweet, or my boast seemly,

  5. وَلا بَلَغَت بي رُتبَةً مِن مَكانَةٍ

    أَنالَ بِها لُقيا العَزيزِ مُحَمَّدِ

    Nor have I attained through any rank of status,

    The honor of meeting the esteemed Muhammad.

  6. وَأَذكُرُ عَلياهُ وَذِكرُ مُحَمَّدٍ

    أَلَذَّ كَلامٍ قيلَ بَعدَ التَشَهُّدِ

    And remembering Ali, and mentioning Muhammad,

    Is the sweetest speech spoken after prayers.

  7. عَزيزٌ حَمَدتُ الدَهرَ عِندَ لِقائِهِ

    وَمَن لَقى التَوفيقَ لِلسِيَرِ يَحمَدِ

    A dear one whom I praised fate for upon meeting,

    And one who attains guidance to walk the path, praises.

  8. وَلا غَروَ أَن حَنَّت لِتَقبيلِ كَفِّهِ

    عَلى البُعدِ نَفسَ تَلمَسَ النَجمَ بِاليَدِ

    And it is no wonder that for kissing his hand,

    A soul far away reached for a star with its hand.

  9. وَشاقَت لَهُ رَبَّ الرَقائِقِ طَلعَةً

    لَعَمرَكَ تَذكى الشَوقُ في قَلبِ جَلمَدِ

    And for him the Lord of wisps created a rising,

    By your life, yearning burns in the heart of a rock.

  10. فَدونَكَها يا غُرَّةَ المُلكِ غادَةً

    تَميسُ كَغُصنِ البانَةِ المُتَأَوِّدِ

    So away with you, O jewel of the kingdom, gently,

    You touch like a bough of acacia bending with love.

  11. وَإِنّي إِذا أُهدي العَزيزَ مَدائِحي

    أَبوءُ بِصِدقِ القَولِ غَيرَ مُفَنَّدِ

    And when I present the esteemed one with my praises,

    I acknowledge the truth of my words, undeceiving,

  12. وَمَن رامَ مِن إِدراكِ كَنهِكَ غايَةً

    يَجِدُ غايَةَ ما تُدنِ لِلوَصلِ تُبعِدِ

    And one who seeks to attain the essence of your truth,

    Will find the goal which draws near to connect pushes away.

  13. وَإِلّا فَما حاوَلتُ إِدراكَ غايَةً

    بِشِعري وَلا نَظَّمَ القَصائِدَ مَقصَدي

    Otherwise I have not attempted to attain a goal,

    With my poetry, nor did my aim compose poems.