Claude 2

  1. قلبي يخادعه الأمل

    ومنيّتي تحت الأجل

    My heart is deceived by hope

    And my wish is under doom

  2. ومضى الشباب ولم أفز

    فيه بمحمود العمل

    And youth has passed and I did not succeed

    In it with praiseworthy work

  3. وجررت ذيل شبيبتي

    وحملت مكروره العذل

    And I dragged the tail of my youth

    And carried its twisted rope

  4. ووسمت فيه بالهجو

    م على القبيح ولم أبل

    And I branded in it with satire

    The ugly and did not reach maturity

  5. يا طيب أيام الصبا

    والراس أسود ما نصل

    O good days of youth

    And the black head we did not join

  6. ووقفت بين مقالهم

    ولى وأدبر بل بطل

    And I stood between their sayings

    It turned away and left without a hero