Claude 2

  1. أَلَم تَرى لِلشِعرى العَبورِ تَوَقَّدَت

    بِعالٍ رَفيعٍ لَم تَنَلهُ القَوابِسُ

    Have you not seen poetry take flight, ignited

    To soaring heights no commentaries can reach?

  2. تَبارَكَ رَبُّ الناسِ لَيسَ لِما أَبى

    مُريدٌ وَلا دونَ الَّذي شاءَ حابِسُ

    Blessed is He who controls all things; none can refuse

    What He desires, nor stop what He releases.

  3. سُيوفٌ بِها جَونانِ جارٍ وَجاسِدٌ

    وَخَيلٌ عَلَيها الماءُ رَطبٌ وَيابِسُ

    Swords with yearning blades both scabbing and bloodied;

    Horses on whom both wet and dry saddlecloth lie.

  4. وَيَعبِسُ وَجهُ الدَهرِ وَالمَرَءُ ضاحِكٌ

    وَيَضحَكُ هُزءاً وَالوُجوهُ عَوابِسُ

    While Time's face glows dark and man laughs lighthearted,

    Mockingly, though faces about him storm and sigh.

  5. تَكَرَّهَ نُطقَ الناسِ فيما يَريبُه

    فَأَفحَمَ حَتّى لَيسَ في القَومِ نابِسُ

    He sickened of men's talk and all their confusion,

    Till he silenced them - no voice now dares arise.

  6. بُرودُ المَخازي لِاِبنِ آدَمَ حُلَّةٌ

    لَعَمري لَقَد أَعِيَت عَلَيهِ المَلابِسُ

    Chilly clothes are but loans to man, my God!

    Truly, they have wearied him, their wear and guise!