Claude 2

  1. اِسقِني يابنَ أَسعَدا

    قَبلَ أَن يَنزِلَ الرَدى

    Quench my thirst, O son of Sa'd,

    Before the evening dew descends,

  2. شَربَةً تُذهِبُ الهُمو

    مَ وَتَشفي المُصَرَّدا

    With a drink that takes away cares

    And heals the troubled one.

  3. اِسقِني ثُمَّ غَنِّني

    لا أَرى النَجمَ عَرَّدا

    Quench me, then sing to me,

    For I see no star appear.

  4. أَنقَدَت عَينِيَ الكَرى

    مَن رَعى الهَمَّ أَنقَدا

    My eyes are burning with sorrow,

    For one who tended to worries is burned.

  5. إِنَّ فاها أَشهى اِلَي

    يَ رُضاباً وَمَورِدا

    Verily her mouth is more tempting to me

    Than meadows and springs,

  6. مِن جَنى النَحلِ بِالنُقا

    خِ زُلالاً مُبَرَّدا

    Than the honeycomb of bees

    Dripping chilled and filtered.

  7. شاقَني صَوتُ طائِرٍ

    زارَ إِلفاً فَغَرَّدا

    The voice of a bird visiting friends distressed me,

    For it twittered merrily.

  8. إِنَّ حُبّى بِحُبِّها

    تَرَكَتني مُسَهَّدا

    My love for her

    Left me sleepless.

  9. أَمسَكَتني عَلىالصَبا

    بَةِ حَرّانَ مُعبَدا

    She held me back in my youth

    At the sanctuary of burning sands.

  10. آمُلُ العَيشَ تارَةً

    وَأَرى المَوتَ أَسوَدا

    At times I hope for life,

    At others, I see death as darkest.

  11. فَهُمومي مُطِلَّةٌ

    بادِئاتٍ وَعُوَّدا

    My worries are prolonged

    Troubles, accustomed and trained.

  12. لَم تَدَع لي عِندَ المَلا

    ئِحِ وَاللَهِ مَوعِدا

    They left me no respite, by God,

    At the resting places.

  13. يا اِبنَةَ الخَيرِ مَلَك

    تِ فَمُنّي أَنا الفِدا

    O daughter of goodness, you have reigned,

    So sacrifice me, for I am to be sacrificed.

  14. لَجَّ مِن حُبِّكِ الطَري

    فِ فَأَطرَقتُ وَاِعتَدى

    The intense love for you caused me

    To bow down in humility.

  15. أَعتِقيني مِنَ الهَوى

    أَو عِدي مِنكِ مَوعِدا

    Free me from passion

    Or make me a promise from you.

  16. أَطمِعينا كَيما نَعي

    شُ وَقولي لَنا غَدا

    Give us hope, so we may live,

    And say to us “tomorrow”.

  17. أَنتِ هَمّي مَعَ القَري

    نِ وَإِن رُحتُ مُفرَدا

    You are my care, along with my dear one,

    Even when I depart alone.

  18. حَبَّذا أَنتِ يا حُبا

    بَةُ وَالعودُ وَالنَدى

    How excellent are you, O love,

    And the lute and the dew,

  19. وَحَديثٌ مِنَ الخَلا

    ءِ مِنَ العَينِ وَالعِدى

    And talk of the eye and of intimacy

    Curing through it depression.

  20. وَعِناقٌ خِلالَ ذا

    كِ تُداوي بِهِ الصَدا

    And a mature wine

    That leaves the old man seated.

  21. وَشَرابٌ مُعَتَّقٌ

    يَترُكُ الشَيخَ مُقعَدا

    That is a life which, if prolonged for me,

    I would live eternally delighted.

  22. ذاكَ عَيشٌ لَو دامَ لي

    عِشتُ فيهِ مُخَلَّدا