Claude 2

  1. لَكَ يا خَليلُ مِنَ القُلوبِ مَكانٌ

    هُوَ فَوقَ ما بِسَمائِهِ كيوانُ

    You have a place in hearts, O Khalil,

    That is above all that the heavens contain,

  2. لَم يَختَلِف أَحَدٌ عَلَيكَ كَأَنَّما

    لَكَ كُلُّ أَربابِ النُهى خِلّانُ

    No one differs about you, as if

    All the experts of law are your allies,

  3. كُلُّ الخَواطِرِ في وَلائِكَ خاطِرُ

    وَجَميعُ أَلسُنِ عارِفيكَ لِسانُ

    All thoughts revolve around your loyalty,

    And all the tongues of those who know you are one tongue,

  4. وَيَرى التَكَلُّفَ في سِواكَ وَإِنَّما

    شَرَعٌ عَلَيكَ السِرُّ وَالإِعلانُ

    Affectation is seen in anyone other than you,

    For you are the secret and the proclamation.

  5. يَكفيكَ ما بَينَ العَناصِرِ أَنَّكَ ال

    وَطَني لا بِغَضٍّ وَلا شَنَآنُ

    It suffices you what is between the elements that you are

    My homeland, with no hatred or enmity,

  6. عَجَباً لَهُ جَمعُ القُلوبِ عَلى الوَلا

    قَلَمٌ بِكَفِّكَ ساحِرٌ فَتّانُ

    Marvelously, hearts are united in loyalty to you,

    Your pen in your hand is a charming sorcerer,

  7. وَإِذا تَجَرَّدَ لِلنِضالِ فَإِنَّهُ

    لِأَعَزُّ ما نَصَرتَ بِهِ الأَوطانُ

    And when it is stripped for battle, it is

    The strongest thing you supported the nations with,

  8. هَيهاتَ يَبلُغ شَأوَ فَتكِكَ بِالعِدى

    مَن في يَدَيهِ صارِمٌ وَسِنانُ

    Alas! None can match your deadly blows against the enemy,

    Whoever has a sword and blades in his hands.

  9. قَد زينَ الأَدَبُ الَّذي أوتيتَهُ

    جَما أَنِ الأَخلاقَ فيكَ حِسانُ

    Literature you were given has adorned

    The beauty of morals that are good in you,

  10. وَوَفاءٌ طَبَعَ ما تَخلِفُ عَن أَخٍ

    وَزَمانُنا إِخوانُهُ خُوّانُ

    And loyalty inherent in what you leave for a brother,

    While our time’s brethren are treacherous.

  11. تَاللَهِ في الأَجيادِ مِنكَ قَلائِدُ

    غَرَّ وَفي الآذانِ مِنكَ جُمانُ

    By God, you have necklaces in generosity,

    Bangles in ears, and rings from you.

  12. لَو جِئتَ في عَصرَ القَريضِ لَما عَلَت

    يَوماً بِنابِغَةٍ لَها ذِبيانُ

    If you came in the era of poets, never would

    Naabighah rise one day with her fortresses.

  13. وَلَئِن عَداكَ مَوازِنوكَ فَكَم فَتىً

    مُذ خَفَّ عَنكَ عَلا بِهِ الميزانُ

    And if your rivals war against you, how many a man

    Has risen high since the scales tilted away from you.

  14. أَو كانَتِ الدُنيا قُسوسَ فَصاحَةٍ

    بِحَذا عُكاظٍ فَإِنَّكَ المَطرانُ

    Or if the world were judges of poor eloquence,

    You are the rain for the orators of Okaz.