Claude 2

  1. لَو أَبانَت حجابَها أَسماءُ

    ما أَبانَت عَن غيرها الأَسماءُ

    If Asma' unveiled her veil,

    The names would not unveil anything but her.

  2. سَترت حُسنها بحُجبِ سَناها

    فعَدانا عنها سَنىً وَسَناءُ

    She concealed her beauty behind the veils of her glory,

    So we missed her, and the years passed.

  3. هي أَسمى من أَن تَراها بعينٍ

    كُلُّ عَينٍ من دونها عَمياءُ

    She is too sublime to be seen with the eye,

    Every eye apart from hers is blind.

  4. شَهِدَ القَلبُ حُسنَها فهَداهُ

    بهداهُ إذ ضَلَّت الآراءُ

    The heart witnessed her beauty so it guided him,

    It guided him when opinions were lost.

  5. عَقَل العَقل كُنهُها عَن وصولٍ

    فَأَقَرَّت بِعجزها العُقَلاءُ

    The intellect comprehended her essence without reaching,

    So the wise admitted their incapacity.

  6. واِختفَت بالجَلال حينَ تَجَلَّت

    فَلَها بالظُهور منها خَفاءُ

    She disappeared in majesty when she appeared,

    So she has concealment despite her appearance.

  7. كَم أَضَلَّت وكَم هَدت من أُناسٍ

    وَلِكُلٍّ فيما أرته اِرتياءُ

    How many she misled and how many she guided,

    And for each in what he saw is contention.

  8. ضَلَّ من ضَلَّ في هَواها ولَم يَد

    رِ أَمامٌ سَبيلُها أَم وَراءُ

    Lost is he who lost his way in her love and did not find,

    Before him a path to her, or behind.

  9. واِهتَدى مَن هَدَته بَدءاً وَلَكِن

    لَيسَ يَدري ما يَقتَضيه القَضاءُ

    And guided is he whom she guided in the beginning, but

    He does not know what destiny wills.

  10. يَدَّعي وصلَها الجَهولُ وحاشا

    أَن يَنال المصونَ منها اِدِّعاءُ

    The ignorant claims to have reached her, but never,

    Will pretension attain the protected one.

  11. رامَ من رامَ أَن يَراها عياناً

    فاِنثَنى لَم يَنَله إِلّا العَناءُ

    He who wished to see her directly,

    Fell back, attaining only fatigue.

  12. دُكدِكت دونَها جِبالٌ فأَضحَت

    وَهيَ مِن نورها المَضيء هَباءُ

    Mountains crumbled before her and became,

    Dust, while she is of her radiant light.

  13. دَع دَعاوى قَومٍ أَتوها بِجَهلٍ

    فالدَعاوى أَبناءُها أدعياءُ

    Leave the claims of the people who came to her in ignorance,

    For claims are her sons, the pretenders.

  14. واِتَّبع سُبلَ من دَعَتهم إِلَيها

    رَغبَةً لم يَشُب صَفاها رياءُ

    And follow the path of those she called to her,

    A desire unsullied by hypocrisy.

  15. واِقضِ وَجداً في حُبِّها تحيَ ما شِئ

    تَ فأَمواتُ حبِّها أَحياءُ

    And be passionate in your love of her to revive whatever you wish,

    For the dead of her love are the living.