Claude 2

  1. أَشجيتني وا مطوَّق أَشجيت

    لمّا تغنَّيت

    You captivated me, O slender and graceful one

    When you sang

  2. غنَّيت لكن لِقَلبي عَنَّيت

    وَما تعنَّيت

    You sang, but sang only for your heart while forgetting me

    And you did not care for me

  3. وَللجوى في حشايَ أَوريت

    وزدتَ أَغريت

    And for passion, in my innermost being, you lit a fire

    And increased my burning desire

  4. أَذكرتَني من بحبِّه أَمسيت

    حَيّاً حكى الميت

    You reminded me of the one I love, so I came alive

    Like the dead speaking of life

  5. مهفهفُ القدّ سامي الجيد

    رَبعي به جيد

    Slender, tall, noble forehead

    My quarter in it is good

  6. في عشقه كَم وَكَم أَسدٌ صيد

    وذلَّت الصيد

    In his love many a lion has been hunted

    And the hunted yielded

  7. وَكَم متيَّم طوى لَهُ البيد

    ما أَخذلَه بيد

    And many a love-crazed one folded the carpet for him

    He did not let him down

  8. لكنّي في هَواهُ أَبدَيت

    ما كنت أَخفيت

    But my love for him will last forever

    I did not used to hide it

  9. باللَه يا سارياً بالأظعان

    إِن جزتَ بالبان

    By Allah, O rider of the five mounts

    If you cross the wild swaths

  10. فَقِف قَليلاً بتلك الكثبان

    وقل لمن بان

    Then stand for a while amid those sand dunes

    And say to whoever appears

  11. يا مزرياً بالمها والغزلان

    وأَغصنُ البان

    O roamer among the wildlife and gazelles

    And fresh river-side thickets

  12. نسيتَ يا فاتني من أَضنيت

    جسمَه وأَفنيت

    You forgot, O my alluring one, about the one who befriended you

    And wasted himself over you

  13. أَضرمتَ نارَ الهوى في صدري

    وَلستَ تَدري

    You ignited the fire of passion in my chest

    And you don’t know

  14. وَخانَني في تجافيكَ صبري

    وَطالَ هجري

    And your aloofness betrayed my patience

    And my estrangement became prolonged

  15. وَطابَ لي في وثاقك أَسري

    وَذاعَ سرّي

    And it was sweet for me to be bound by you

    And my secret spread

  16. وَفي صَميم الحشا قد حلَّيت

    وأَخذت لَك بَيت

    And in the thick of night you set up camp

    And made my abode your own

  17. مَتى تَراني أَرى مُحيّاك

    بقرب مَحيّاك

    When will I ever get to see your beautiful self

    In proximity to your beautiful dwelling

  18. وأَنتشق يا مناي رَيّاك

    وأَرتَشِف حُميّاك

    And inhale, my wish, your lovely scent

    And taste your sweet waters

  19. فَقُل فديتُك للصَبِّ حَيّاك

    ربّي وَبيّاك

    So say—my soul be your redemption—greetings

    My Lord and Master of mine

  20. اليوم طابَ اللِقا إِذ أَوليت

    فهيتَ لَك هَيت

    This day the meeting felt good, for you came

    So smitten was I by you