Claude 2

  1. فَدَتكَ أَكُفُّ قَومٍ ما اِستَطاعوا

    مَساعيكَ الَّتي لا تُستَطاعُ

    Your palm redeems a people who could not

    Accomplish your deeds that cannot be accomplished

  2. عَلَوتَهُمُ بِجَمعِكَ ما أَشَتّوا

    مِنَ العَليا وَحِفظِكَ ما أَضاعوا

    You surpassed them by bringing together what they desired

    And preserving what they lost

  3. تَعُمُّ تَفَضُّلاً وَتَبينُ فَضلاً

    وَأَنتَ المَجدُ مَقسومٌ مُشاعُ

    You are generous and distinguished

    While you are glory shared

  4. وَهَبتَ لَنا العِنايَةَ بَعدَما قَد

    نَزاها عِندَ أَقوامٍ تُباعُ

    And you granted us care after it was

    Sold for naught by other peoples

  5. وَلَم تَحظُر عَلَينا الجاهَ حَتّى

    جَرَت عَنهُ المَذانِبُ وَالتِلاعُ

    You did not forbid us from glory until

    Transgressions and squandering flowed from it

  6. فَفِعلُكَ إِن سُئِلتَ لَنا مُطيعٌ

    وَقَولُكَ إِن سَأَلتَ لَنا مُطاعُ

    So your action if we asked is obedient to us

    And your word if we asked is obeyed by us

  7. مَكارِمُ مِنكَ إِن دَلَفَت إِلَينا

    صُروفُ الدَهرِ فَهيَ لَنا قِلاعُ

    Your virtues if the turns of fate incline to us

    Are our fortresses against it

  8. خَلائِقُ لايَزالُ يَلوحُ فيها

    عِيانٌ لِلمُدَبِّرِ أَو سَماعُ

    Morals that never cease to reveal clearly

    To the wise a lesson or something heard

  9. أَمِنّا أَن تَصَرَّعَ عَن سَماحٍ

    وَلِلآمالِ في يَدِكَ اِصطِراعُ

    We are safe from you being miserly about generosity

    And hopes in your hand being severed

  10. خِلالُ النَيلِ في أَهلِ المَعالي

    مُفَرَّقَةٌ وَأَنتَ لَها جِماعُ

    The shares of eminence among the eminent

    Are divided and you unite them

  11. دَنَوتَ تَواضُعاً وَبَعُدتَ قَدراً

    فَشَأناكَ اِنحِدارٌ وَاِرتِفاعُ

    You drew near in humility and kept aloof in worth

    So your way is descending and ascending

  12. كَذاكَ الشَمسُ تَبعُدُ أَن تُسامى

    وَيَدنو الضَوءُ مِنها وَالشُعاعُ

    Thus the sun distances to rise high

    And its light and rays come near

  13. وَقَد فَرَشَت لَكَ الدُنيا مِراراً

    مَراتِبَ كُلُّها نَجدٌ يَفاعُ

    The world has repeatedly laid out for you

    All its degrees, glory heaped up

  14. فَما رَفَعَ التَصَفُّحُ مِنكَ طَرفاً

    وَلا مالَت بِأَخدَعِكَ الضِياعُ

    So inquiry has not lifted from you an eyelid

    Nor have ruinations leaned your cheeks