Claude 2

  1. يا مَن رَعَى وُدِّي وأَدْناني

    وَصْلاً ولم يَهْمُمْ بهِجْراني

    O you who tended my affection and drew me near,

    With attachment, and did not intend to abandon me,

  2. متى أُجازِيهِ على بعِض ما

    أَخْلَص مِن حُبِّي وأولاني

    When will I repay him for some of what

    He sincerely gave of his love and support?

  3. أَم كيف أَسْطيع مكافاةَ مَنْ

    أَسْخَطَ حُسَّادي وأَرضاني

    Or how can I reward someone

    Who angered my enviers and pleased me?

  4. واللهِ لا زِلتُ له باذِلاً

    قلبي في الحُبِّ وجُثْماني

    By God, I still give him

    My heart in love and my whole being.

  5. لا نِلْتُ سؤلي منه إن لم يكن

    سِرِّىَ فيه مِثْلَ إعلاني

    I will not attain my request from him unless

    My secret in him is like my openness.

  6. بدرُ دُجىً يُشرِقُ لألاؤُه

    رُكِّب في غُصْنِ من البانِ

    The full moon rises, its brilliance

    Set in a branch of aneban.

  7. ما زالَ يعصي فيّ مَن قد غَدَا

    يَلْحَاه في الحُبّ ويلحاني

    He still disobeys, in me, the one who has become

    Smitten with love of me and my accord.

  8. فلستُ فيه قائلاً قولَ مَن

    يَرضَى من الحُبّ بأَلوانِ

    So I do not say, in him, the words of one

    Who is content with love's different colors.

  9. فَدَيتُ مَن أعرَضَ حتَّى إذا

    خاف عَلَى قلبي ترضّاني

    I sacrifice the one who turned away until, when

    He feared for my heart, he pleased me.