Claude 2

  1. سَلِّني بالله عن فلانِ

    فقد تسلَّيت عَنْ فُلانَهْ

    Ask me by God about so-and-so,

    For I have found solace away from his infatuation,

  2. وعشقُها راح من زَمانٍ

    لأَنَّ عِشْقَ النِّسا زَمَانَه

    And her love has passed for some time,

    Because women's love has its time.

  3. فليس فيهنَّ لا وفاءٌ

    ولا حفاظٌ ولا أَمَانَه

    There is in them neither loyalty,

    Nor chastity, nor safety,

  4. من كلِّ مَهْتومَةِ الثنايا

    وكلِّ مَحْلُولَةِ المثَانَه

    From every woman with curved hips,

    And each one with flirtatious eyes,

  5. مائِلة السُّفْل من مُنَاهَا

    لو دَعَمتْه بأُسْطوانه

    Leaning her lower body from her residence,

    If she supported it with a pillar,

  6. تَودُّ يومَ الوَغَى وتَبْغي

    لو طعنوها بأَلْفِ زَانَهْ

    She longs on the day of turmoil and desires,

    Even if they pierced her with a thousand adulteries.

  7. جمالُها الدَّهرَ مستعارٌ

    وحسنُها داخِلُ الخِزَانه

    Her beauty is borrowed for ages,

    And her grace is kept inside storage,

  8. وكل شيءٍ تنساهُ إلا

    المَلالَ والغَدرَ والخِيانَه

    And she forgets everything except

    Boredom, betrayal, and dishonesty.

  9. وتسلبُ العقلَ بالتجنِّي

    وتدّعي أَنَّه مَجانَهْ

    And she takes away sanity with coquetry,

    And claims it is free of charge,

  10. فاعْتَضْتُ منها ببدرِ تِمٍّ

    بظبي رملٍ بغصنِ بانَهْ

    So I sought refuge in a full moon

    A gazelle of the sands, with a supple branch.

  11. يزهو بليلٍ على نهارٍ

    ووردةٍ فَوق أَقْحَوَانه

    It brags at night over the day,

    And a rose above buds,

  12. ما ثغرهُ وَحْدَه جُمَانٌ

    بل شخصُه كُلُّه جُمَانَه

    Not only are his lips perfect,

    But his whole being is perfection.

  13. إِنَّ انتهاكي به استتارٌ

    وإِنَّ عِشْقي له دِيَانَهْ

    That I was fascinated by him is a concealment,

    And my love for him is a religion,

  14. على فؤادِي به ضمانٌ

    فإِنَّه دائمُ الضَّمانَهْ

    He is guaranteed in my heart,

    For he is everlasting assurance.

  15. ثلاثةٌ فيه تَيَّمْنَني

    الحسنُ والعقلُ والصِّيانَه

    Three things in him bring me good fortune:

    Beauty, intellect, and chastity.

  16. رَمى فلمْ يُخطِ إِذْ رَماني

    سهمٌ رمى من بَني كِنانة

    He shot his arrow but did not miss,

    When he, who belongs to the tribe of Kinanah, shot me.