Claude 2

  1. أَرى لَهُمُ ناراً تَلوحُ على عَلَمْ

    أَشَقَّ عَلى قَلبِ الهَوى وَعَلى الظُلَمْ

    I see for them a fire shining on a flag

    It tore the heart of passion and darkness

  2. فَيا نارَهُم أَمّا المُحِبُّ فَلَم يَقِف

    وَأَمّا الدُجى بَعدَ التَوَقُّفِ فَاِنهَزَم

    So O their fire! As for the lover, he did not stop

    And as for the darkness after hesitation, it was defeated

  3. وَدونَكِ غَيرانٌ يُضَمِّخُ يَومَهُ

    وَلَيلَتَهُ في الحَربِ وَالسِلمِ بِالضَرَم

    And except for you others who stain their day

    And their night with war and peace with adversity

  4. كريمٌ إذا زار الملوكَ مُجالسٌ

    وإن زاره ضِيفانُ معروفِهِ خَدَم

    Generous when he visits kings, gatherings

    And if two familiar guests visit him, he serves

  5. وَقامَ لِمَن قَد كانَ في الحينِ قاعِداً

    وَكِيلاهُ مِن صَفحٍ لَدَيكَ وَمِن كَرَم

    And stood up for whoever was sitting at the time

    His guarantee is from pardoning you and from generosity

  6. وَصِفرِ يَدٍ قَد ضاقَ صَدراً بِما اِعتَزَم

    وَمُثقَلِ ظَهرٍ خافَ فِكراً لِما اِجتَرَم

    And a hand that despaired with what it intended

    And a burdened back that feared thinking of what it committed

  7. فَهَذا أَسيرُ الجودِ قَيَّدتَهُ غِنىً

    وَهذا طَليقُ العَفوِ سامحتَهُ بِدَم

    So this is the prisoner of generosity, riches shackled him

    And this is pardoned, you forgave him with blood

  8. تَواقيعُ رُدَّ السَيفُ فيها بِغَيظِهِ

    وَبَيَّنتَ مِنها في العُلا حُجَّةَ القَلَم

    Signatures where the sword returns in rage

    And you clarified among them in the heights the proof of the pen

  9. مِنَ الأَسوَدَينِ الهَمِّ وَالسِجنِ أُسلِموا

    إِلى الأَبيَضَينِ السَيفِ وَالشَيبِ في اللَمَم

    Of the two blacks, worry and prison, they were surrendered

    To the two whites, the sword and old age in disasters

  10. فَمِن مُلبِسٍ أَحيَيتَهُ إِذ ذَوى الذَما

    وَمِن مُفلِسٍ أَلحَقتَهُ بِذَوي الذِمَم

    So from a dressed one you revived when his reputation waned

    And from a bankrupt one you reunited with those of repute

  11. عَجِبتُ بِأَن لُقِّبتَ كاشِفَ غُمَّةٍ

    وَخُيِّلَ لي أَنَّ المُلَقِّبَ قَد ظَلَم

    I was astonished that you were titled dispeller of gloom

    And it seemed to me that the titled one was unjust

  12. وَهَل غَمَّنا دَهرٌ تَوَلَّيتَ أَمرَهُ

    فَمَن قالَ حَقّاً فَليَقُل مُنسِيَ الغُمَم

    Did an era whose affairs you took charge grieve us

    So whoever spoke the truth, let him say eraser of sorrows