Claude 2

  1. عَفا نَهيا حَمامَةَ فَالجَواءُ

    لِطولِ تَبايُنٍ جَرَتِ الظِباءُ

    The dove cooed gently, yet discord arose

    From prolonged difference, the wolves prowled

  2. فَمِنهُم مَن يَقولُ نَوىً قَذوفٌ

    وَمِنهُم مَن يَقولُ هُوَ الجَلاءُ

    Some say an aim, others an elusion

    Some say it’s bare truth, others falsehood

  3. أَحِنُّ إِذا نَظَرتُ إِلى سُهَيلٍ

    وَعِندَ اليَأسِ يَنقَطِعُ الرَجاءُ

    I yearn when I see Suhail in the sky

    In despair, hope is severed

  4. يَلوحُ كَأَنَّهُ لَهَقٌ شَبوبٌ

    أَشَذَّتهُ عَنِ البَقَرِ الضِراءُ

    It appears a fatigued, unsettled young camel

    Whose bridle the sterile cows jerked

  5. وَبانوا ثُمَّ قيلَ أَلا تَعَزّى

    وَأَنّى يَومَ واقِصَةَ العَزاءُ

    They became estranged, then it was said, don’t grieve

    But how on the day of utmost grief?

  6. سَنَذكُرُكُم وَلَيسَ إِذا ذُكِرتُم

    بِنا صَبرٌ فَهَل لَكُمُ لِقاءُ

    We will remember you, but when you are remembered

    We have no patience, will we ever meet?

  7. وَكَم قَطَعَ القَرينَةَ مِن قَرينٍ

    إِذا اِختَلَفا وَفي القَرنِ اِلتِواءُ

    How friendship severed many a friend

    When they differed, and crookedness entered the pair

  8. فَماذا تَنظُرونَ بِها وَفيكُم

    جُسورٌ بِالعَظائِمِ وَاِعتِلاءُ

    What do you expect of it, when in you

    Are daring acts and vain conceit?

  9. إِلى عَبدِ العَزيزِ سَمَت عُيونُ ال

    رَعِيَّةِ إِن تُخُيِّرَتِ الرِعاءُ

    Eyes of the commoners looked to Abdel Aziz

    If the shepherds were to be chosen

  10. إِلَيهِ دَعَت دَواعيهِ إِذا ما

    عِمادُ المُلكِ خَرَّت وَالسَماءُ

    Its urgings called him when pillars of the state

    Collapsed and the skies poured

  11. وَقالَ أولوا الحُكومَةِ مِن قُرَيشٍ

    عَلَينا البَيعُ إِذ بَلَغَ الغَلاءُ

    The Quraishi leaders said, upon us

    Is the sale, when prices soared

  12. رَأوا عَبدَ العَزيزِ وَلِيَّ عَهدٍ

    وَما ظَلَموا بِذاكَ وَلا أَساؤوا

    They saw Abdel Aziz, heir apparent

    They did no wrong thereby, nor evil

  13. فَزَحلِفها بِأَزفُلِها إِلَيهِ

    أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ إِذا تَشاءُ

    Then swear its senile oath to him

    The Commander of the Faithful, if you wish

  14. فَإِنَّ الناسَ قَد مَدّوا إِلَيهِ

    أَكُفَّهُم وَقَد بَرِحَ الخَفاءُ

    The people have extended to him

    Their palms, and obscurity fled

  15. وَلَو قَد بايَعوكَ وَلِيَّ عَهدٍ

    لَقامَ القِسطُ وَاِعتَدَلَ البِناءُ

    Had you pledged to him as heir apparent

    Justice would be established and the building set right