Claude 2

  1. حَلفتُ بمعشرٍ عَسَفوا المطايا

    يريدون البنيّةَ من تِهامَهْ

    I swore by a people who knew horses

    They want the she-camel from her stumbling

  2. وكلِّ مُعَرَّقٍ كالنِّسْعِ ضُمْراً

    له رَتَكٌ ولا رَتَكُ النّعامَهْ

    And every sweaty one, like a claw wound

    He has a shoe, but not the ostrich

  3. أتوا جَمْعاً وقد وقفوا جميعاً

    على عَرَفات يا سُقِيَتْ مُقامَهْ

    They came together and all stood

    At Arafat, O quencher of its place

  4. عِراصٌ مَن يزرْ منهنّ شِعباً

    فقد أمِنَ الملامةَ والنّدامَهْ

    A marriageable girl, he who visits her a misfortune

    Has avoided blame and regret

  5. وما هَرَقوه عند مِنىً يُبارِي

    بجَرْيَتِهِ بها ماءَ الغمامَهْ

    That which they pelted at Mina competes

    In its flowing there with the water of the clouds

  6. وأحجار قُذفن تُقىً وبِرّاً

    كما قُذفتْ بإصبعها القُلامَهْ

    And stones cast for purity and righteousness

    As pebbles were cast by her finger

  7. وأقدامٌ يُطفْن على أشمٍّ

    يُطِلْن وقد علقن به اِستلامَهْ

    And feet that trample on "ashes"

    Prolonging while she attached to it her turban

  8. لقد فَضَل القبائلَ آلُ موسى

    كما فضلتْ على العَطَبِ السَّلامَهْ

    The clan of Moses excelled tribes

    As the quail excelled the bustard

  9. هُمُ دعموا قِبابَ المجد فينا

    ولولاهمْ لكان بلا دِعامَهْ

    They supported the pillars of glory among us

    And were it not for them, it would be without a pillar

  10. وهمْ دأَبوا إلى طُرُقِ المعالي

    وما حَفِلوا بشيءٍ من سَآمَهْ

    And they persisted upon the paths of loftiness

    And did not care for anything of weariness

  11. وما أيمانُهمْ إلّا لبيضٍ

    يبلّغْنَ الفتى أبداً مَرامَهْ

    Their oaths are only to the righteous

    To reach the young man forever his purpose

  12. وسُمرٍ مثل أرْشِيَةٍ طوالٍ

    يَقُدْن إلى الكَمِيِّ بها حمامَهْ

    And bay horses like high platforms

    That lead to the perfect one her pigeons

  13. وما أموالُهمْ إلّا لجودٍ

    وإلّا للحَمالةٍ والغرامَهْ

    And their money is only for generosity

    Or for the carriers and love

  14. وفيهمْ عرّست وبهمْ أقامتْ

    شريداتُ الشّجاعةِ والصّرامَهْ

    And through them have been wed

    The unsettled of courage and firmness

  15. وعَرْفُهُمُ يضوع على البرايا

    كما طابتْ لناشِقها المُدامَهْ

    And their honor smells throughout the land

    As her wine smelled good to its drinker

  16. ولولا أنّهمْ فينا لكانتْ

    رباعُ العزِّ ليس بها إقامَهْ

    And were it not for them being among us

    The lands of glory would have no settlement