Claude 2

  1. يا لَهفَ نَفسي عَلى صَخرٍ وَقَد لَهِفَت

    وَهَل يَرُدَّنَّ خَبلَ القَلبِ تَلهيفي

    O my anxious soul over a rock that has become anxious

    Will the confusion of my heart be restored from my anxiety?

  2. اِبكي أَخاكِ إِذا جاوَرتِهِم سَحَراً

    جودي عَلَيهِ بِدَمعٍ غَيرِ مَنزوفِ

    Cry for your brother when you neighbor him at night

    Be generous to him with an unrestrained tear

  3. اِبكي المُهينَ تِلادَ المالِ إِن نَزَلَت

    شَهباءُ تَرزَحُ بِالقَومِ المَتاريفِ

    Cry for the one disgraced by the wealth of the people if he stays

    Ashes that moan with the plundering clan

  4. وَاِبكي أَخاكِ لِدَهرٍ صارَ مُؤتَلِفاً

    وَالدَهرُ وَيحَكِ ذو فَجعٍ وَتَجليفِ

    And cry for your brother for an age that has become intimate

    While time, oh it moans with agony and wrapping