Claude 2

  1. إِلَيْكِ هَدِيَّتِي وَقَلْبِي مُتَيَّمُ

    مُنَاهُ يَكُونُهَا وَمَا زَالَ يَحْلُمُ

    To you my gift, and my heart is lovelorn

    Its dwelling becomes it, and it still dreams

  2. وَرُوحِي تَمَنَّى لَوْ تَصِيرُ هَدِيَّتِي

    فَنَحْيَا بِرُوحَيْنَا مَعًا نَتَنَعَّمُ

    And my soul wished that my gift would become you

    So we live with our two souls together delighted

  3. وَلَوْ أَنَّ مِلْكِي ذِي الْبِحَارُ بِدُرِّهَا

    بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكِ الدُّرَّ وَهْيَ تَبَسَّمُ

    And if my kingdom with its seas and pearls

    I would send you the pearls smiling

  4. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أُهْدِيكِ الْبَسِيطَةَ جَنَّةً

    وَفَاحَتْ بِمَا فِي الْقَلْبِ كَادَتْ تَكَلَّمُ

    And if I gifted you an orchard vast

    Filled with all the heart contains, it would have spoken

  5. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أُعْطِيكِ النُّجُومَ هَدِيَّةً

    وَصَارَتْ تُبَاهِي، مِنْ ضِيَائِكِ تَنْهَمُ

    And if I gave you the stars as a gift

    And they shone proudly in your light, sighing

  6. وَلَوْ كُنْتُ أُهْدِيكِ الْقَرِيضَ مُمَدِّحًا

    وَصَارَ قَرِيضِي من سِمَاتِكِ يَنْغَمُ

    And if I gifted you poetry singing your praises

    My verses with your attributes ring

  7. فَنَالَ الرِّضَا مَا قَدْ بَذَلْتُ لَسَرَّنِي

    وَصِرْتُ عَلَى التَّقْصِيرِ ذَا أَتَأَلَّمُ

    Gaining approval however much I gave would please me

    Though I’m deficient, I remain pained