Claude 2

  1. بَينَ لَيلى وَسُعاد وَمُنى

    حارَ إِلياس كَما حرت أَنا

    Between Layla, Suad and Muna

    Ilias was confused as I was

  2. غَير أَني لا أَرى مِن عَجب

    أَن يَكون الاسم قَد حيرنا

    Except I don’t find it strange

    That the name confused us

  3. تَكثر الأَسماء في شَيء إِذا

    كَثُرَ المَعنى بِهِ أَو حسنا

    Names multiply for something

    When its meaning multiplies or is beautiful

  4. طفلة عَن والديها نسخة

    كرمت أَصلاً وَطابَت مَعدَنا

    A girl is a copy of her parents

    Noble origin and good traits

  5. قُل لِوَجه البَدر إِن قابلَتها

    جاءَكَ الحُسن اِنعِكاساً مِن هُنا

    Tell the full moon face if you meet her

    Beauty came to you reflected from here

  6. لَكن البُشرى بِلَيلى إِنَّها

    أَول الأَزهار في رَوض الهَنا

    But the good news is that Layla

    Is the first flower in the garden of delight

  7. أَطعم العزّاب رَبّي مثلها

    رَبِّ ما ضَرك لَو أَطعَمتنا

    Oh Lord, feed the single men one like her

    My Lord, how could it harm you to feed us

  8. ربِّ أطعمني غَلاماً شاعِراً

    لِدَواعي الحُسن مثلي مذعنا

    Oh Lord, feed me a young poet

    Who surrenders like me to the reasons of beauty

  9. وَليَكُن مَجنون لَيلى وَليَكُن

    طيّب القَلب ظَريفاً لَسِنا

    And let him be madly in love with Layla

    And let him be kind-hearted and eloquent

  10. وَليَكُن مثل أَبيه إِنَّنا

    لَم نوفِّر غادة في شعرِنا

    And let him be like his father, we

    Did not spare compliments in our poetry