Claude 2

  1. سالا عَنِ الجودِ وَالمَعروفِ أَينَ هُما

    فَقُلتُ إِنَّهُما ماتا مَعَ الحَكَمِ

    They asked about generosity and kindness - where are they?

    I said: they died with chivalry

  2. ماتا مَعَ الرَجُلِ الموفي بِذِمَّتِهِ

    يَومَ الحِفاظِ إِذا لَم يوفَ بِالذِمَمِ

    They died with the man who kept his word

    The day of reckoning, when oaths went unfulfilled

  3. ماذا بِمَنبِجَ لَو تُنبَش مَقابِرُها

    مِنَ التَهَدُّمِ بِالمَعروفِ وَالكَرَمِ

    What would Ma'arrat al-Nu'man be if its graves were dug up?

    Ruined - of charity and nobility - not a trace remains