Claude 2

  1. روِّحينا يا نُسَيْماتُ الصّبا

    واحْمِلي للشَّيبِ أَنفاسَ الصِّبا

    Refresh us, O breezes of the dawn,

    And carry to old age the breaths of youth.

  2. وعلى الضِّلعَيْنِ من بانِ النَّقا

    فانْشُري من نشرِ من نهوى خِبَا

    Spread from the one we yearn for, happiness,

    Over our ribs from between the sand dunes.

  3. وإِذا عدْتِ بأَسرارِ الحِمى

    مازِجي حينَ السُّرى ريحَ الكَبَى

    And when you return with the secrets of love,

    Mix for us when visiting the winds of sorrow.

  4. ثمَّ هُبِّي برُبانا صَنْدَلاً

    وانْشُري مِسكاً علينا طَيِّبَا

    Then waft to us gently a musky scent,

    And spread sweet perfume over us.

  5. كم نشرْنا في المَعاني خَبَراً

    وطَوَيْنا للتَّداني سبسَبَا

    How much we have spread in meanings and news,

    And folded for approaching a carpet.

  6. وانتَظَرْنا طالِعَ الفجرِ لهم

    فقرَأْنا من سَناهُ الكُتُبَا

    And we waited for the rising of dawn for them,

    So we could read what its years have written.

  7. وروَيْنا في اللِّوا أخبارَهُمْ

    ما رويْنا خَبَراً عن زَيْنَبَا

    And we narrated in the nights their tales,

    We haven’t narrated any tale but theirs.

  8. وولِعْنا فيهُمُ عن غيرِهِمْ

    ما أَلِفْنا دونهُمْ بيضَ الظِّبَا

    And we were engrossed with them over others,

    We haven’t befriended any but the antelopes.

  9. آهُ منهم آهُ هِجرانِهِمْ

    كم كَوى قلباً ولُبًّا أَذْهَبا

    Alas, their abandonment causes me sorrow,

    How much it has branded a heart and mind!

  10. والأَفانينُ التي في عشقِهِمْ

    علَّمَتْ أهلَ الجُحودِ الأَدَبَا

    And the laments over their love,

    Have taught the ungrateful ones manners.

  11. مَنْ عَذيري بفُؤادٍ فيهُمُ

    لعِبَتْ في سُوحِهِ أَيدي سَبَا

    What excuse do I have with a heart among them,

    That mischievous hands have toyed with!

  12. مِنْ هواهُمْ لُبُّ قلبي ذائبٌ

    إِنَّما يدري الهَوى مَنْ جرَّبَا

    My heart is melting from loving them,

    Only those who have tasted love truly know.

  13. قال ساقيهمْ خُذِ الكأَسَ ومُتْ

    رَشقوا فوقَ التُّرابِ الحَبَبَا

    Their cupbearer said: “Take the wine cup and die!

    They have sprinkled perfume over the dear soil.”

  14. مِنْ بِعادي عن حِماهُمْ سَقَمي

    حَرَباً واحَرَبا واحَرَبا

    From being away from their sanctuary I am ill,

    With war, and more war, and more war!

  15. لو بدتْ لي نظرةٌ مِنْ وجهِهِمْ

    لملأتُ الكونَ فيها طَرَبا

    If I were to get a glimpse of their faces,

    I would fill the universe with delight for me.

  16. أَنا فيهُمْ غائِبٌ عن مشهَدي

    صِرْتُ بين القومِ فيهِمْ عَجَبَا

    I am absent from them though before my eyes,

    I have become a wonder among them.

  17. يا سُعادُ الله في قلبي بهِمْ

    قد شقَقْتِ يا سُعادُ الحُجُبا

    O God grant me happiness in my heart for them,

    You have torn apart, O happiness, the veils!

  18. وأخذْتِ الظُّلمَ فيهم دَيْدَناً

    وأخذْنا الصَّبرَ طوْعاً مذهَبا

    And You have taken injustice as a residence,

    And we have willingly lost patience.

  19. رفرَفَ العشقُ على ألبابِنا

    ثمَّ أَتبعْناهُ مِنَّا سَبَبَا

    Love has fluttered upon our minds,

    So we followed it, a reason.

  20. قُطِعَتْ حيلتُنا في حُبِّهم

    هكذا الله تعالى كَتَبَا

    Our stratagems in loving them were foiled,

    That is how God, the Exalted, has decreed.

  21. كيفَ أَنسى بينَ رُكبانِ الحِمى

    يومَ قالوا يا غريبَ الغُرَبا

    How can I forget among the riders of passion,

    The day they called me: “O stranger of strangers!”

  22. أَثبَتوا لي في هواهُمْ غُرْبَتي

    إِنَّ في هذا منَ الغيبِ نَبَا

    They affirmed for me my strangeness in their love,

    Indeed, in this there is news from the unseen!