Claude 2

  1. لا تسأمي يا ناق طول السري

    فقد بدت أعلام وادي القرى

    Do not grow weary, O she-camel, of the long journey,

    For the signs of Wadi al-Qura have appeared.

  2. ولا تملي قطع عرض الفلا

    وشدة السير وجذب البرى

    Do not be bored with traversing the breadth of the deserts,

    Or the toil of travel, or pulling the saddlebags.

  3. فقد عرضت الروح في حب من

    سرت إليه والحبيب اشترى

    For I have offered my soul in love of the one

    I journeyed to, and that beloved bought it.

  4. غدا ترين الدار مأهولة

    وحسن من تهوين قد أسفرا

    Tomorrow you will see the abode populated,

    And the beauty of the one you love manifest.

  5. فأسري هداك الله في ذا الدجى

    بنوره يلق الدجى مقمرا

    So journey, may God guide you in this gloom,

    With His light the gloom becomes illuminated.

  6. بشراك هذي الدار قد اشرقت

    وهذه أنوار خير الورى

    Good tidings—this abode has been illuminated,

    And these are the lights of the best of mankind.

  7. قصدت من عم الوري جوده

    فاستبشري منه بحسن القري

    I sought from the most generous of mankind his munificence,

    So receive good news from him.

  8. سيري على اسم اللهواسم الذي

    علامة افيمان أن يذكرا

    Journey in God's name and in the name of the one

    Whose remembrance is the mark of faith.

  9. واغتفري الأدمع في حبه

    ففي سبيل الدمع ما قد جري

    And forgive the tears shed in love of him

    For many tears have flowed in that path.

  10. محمد المختار من هاشم

    أزكى الورى كلهم عنصرا

    Muhammad al-Mukhtar of Hashim's clan,

    The purest of mankind in lineage.

  11. ذو المعجزات الباهرات التي

    أصغرها يكبر أن يحصرا

    Possessor of the magnificent miracles

    The least of which, if enumerated, would be too great to limit.

  12. أسري به الله فأكرم به

    سار وأكرم بسراه سري

    Journey in God's name, for He has honored him,

    He journeyed and God honored his journey.

  13. حن إليه الجذع من حسرة

    عليه لما صعد المنبرا

    The sapling inclined from yearning for him

    When he ascended the pulpit.

  14. وسبح الجلمد في كفه

    وفاض منه الماء مثغجرا

    And the palm tree praised him in his hand,

    And water gushed forth from it copiously.

  15. وأشبع الألف وما فوقها

    من قدر نصف الصاع أو أكثرا

    He satisfied a thousand, nay more,

    From a cooking pot of half a saa or more.

  16. وقد عوداً لأمري ماله

    سيف فاضحى صار ما أبترا

    And he restored to their place branches

    Of a tree, which became as if never severed.

  17. ورد عيناً فقد فاغتدي

    صاحبها من وقته مبصرا

    And he returned an eye that had been gouged out,

    So that its owner saw again from that time.

  18. أن يدنني وخدك من بابه

    قبلت ما بين يديك الثرى

    Would that I draw near to you and that your cheek

    Kissed the earth before your door.

  19. ولم أكفك السري بعدها

    إلا إليه رائحاً مبكراً

    I will not cease my journey to you after it

    Except journeying to you early in the morning.

  20. واحسرتاً طال المدا دونه

    مع أنه أقرب شيء يرى

    Oh what anguish that the distance kept me from you

    Though you are the nearest thing to behold!

  21. اصبر القلب وبأبي لما

    يلقى من الشواق أن يصبرا

    Be patient, my heart, bearing what

    It suffers of passion, so that you remain patient.

  22. اسمع بالقرب ولكنني

    لا تنطفي ناري حتى أرى

    Though I hear that we will soon meet,

    My fire is not quenched unless I see you.

  23. أحد ريحاً خطرت بالحمى

    وبارقاً في ساحتيه سرى

    A fragrant breeze has stirred my fever,

    And lightning flashed in its plains.

  24. قالوا غدا ندنو فواحسرتا

    لو كان بالعمر غد يشترى

    They said tomorrow we will come nearer, but oh what anguish!

    Would that with my life tomorrow could be bought!

  25. يا ليلة قد بقيت هل ترى

    أحمد في صبح دجاك السري

    O night that remains, do you think

    Ahmad will appear in your morning's journey?