Claude 2

  1. قَمَرٌ يَجْلُو دُجَى الغَلَسِ

    بَهَرَ الأَبْصَارَ مُذْ ظَهَرا

    A moon shining through the gloom of nightfall

    Dazzling all eyes since it appeared

  2. آمِنٌ مِنْ شُبْهَةِ الكَلَفِ

    ذُبتُ فِي حِبَّيْهِ بِالكَلَفِ

    Safe from any hint of slander

    I melted in love for him despite the slander

  3. لَمْ يَزَلْ يَسْعَى إلى تَلَفِي

    برِكَابِ الدّلِّ وَالصّلْفِ

    He kept striving to reach me

    At the feet of the buckets and water wheels

  4. آه لَوْلا أَعْيُنُ الحَرَسِ

    نِلْتُ مِنْهُ الوَصْلَ مُقْتَدِرَا

    Oh if not for the guards' eyes

    I'd have attained union with him in power

  5. يَا أَمِيراً جَارَ مُذْ وَلِيا

    كَيْفَ لا تَرْثِي لِمَنْ بُليا

    O prince, my neighbor since you assumed power

    How can you not mourn for one so afflicted as I?

  6. فَبِثغرٍ مِنْكَ لِي جُلِيا

    قَدْ حَلا طَعْماً وَقَدْ حَلِيا

    Console me with a smile from you

    That has ripened in flavor and beauty

  7. وَبِمَا أُوتِيتَ مِنْ كَيَسٍ

    جُدْ فَمَا أَبْقَيْتَ مُصْطَبِرا

    With what you've been granted of generosity

    Be generous, for you've not much longer remained

  8. لَكَ خَدّ يَا أَبَا الفَرَجِ

    زُيِّنَ بِالتَّوْرِيدِ وَالضَّرَجِ

    You have a cheek, Abu al-Faraj

    Adorned with blushing and down

  9. وَحَدِيثٍ عَاطِرِ الأَرَجِ

    كَمْ سَبَى قَلْبِي بِلا حَرَجِ

    And sweet aromatic conversation

    That has captivated my heart without reserve

  10. لَوْ رَآكَ الغُصْنُ لَمْ يَمِسِ

    أَوْ رَآكَ البَدْرُ لاسْتَتَرا

    If the branch saw you it wouldn't touch

    Or the moon saw you it would hide

  11. بَدْرُ تَمٍّ في الجَمَالِ سَنِي

    وَلِهَذَا لَقَّبُوهُ سَنِي

    A full moon in beauty and charm

    And so they titled him "The Charming One"

  12. بِمُحَيَّا بَاهِرٍ حَسَنِ

    قَدْ سَبَانِي لَذَّةَ الوَسَنِ

    With a radiant, beautiful smile

    That has captivated me with pleasure and joy

  13. هُوَ خَشْفِي وَهْوَ مُفْتَرِسِي

    فَاروِ عَنْ أُعْجُوبَتِي خَبرا

    He is my conqueror and despoiler

    So narrate to me the tale of my wonder

  14. فُقْتَ فِي الحُسْنِ البُدُورَ مَدا

    يَا مُذِيباً مُهْجَتِي كَمَدا

    You have excelled in dazzling beauty

    O melter of my being into liquid!

  15. هَلْ تُرِيني لِلْجَفَا أَمَدَا

    عَجباً أَنْ تُبْرِئ الرَّمَدَا

    Will you show me more disregard?

    Strange that you would cure blindness!

  16. وَبِسُقْمِ النّاظِرِينَ كُسِي

    جَفْنُكَ السَّحَّارُ فَانْكَسَرَا

    And with the sickness of onlookers be veiled

    So your bewitching eyelid broke and turned away