Claude 2

  1. هَذَ الصَّبُوحُ فَمَا الَّذِي

    بِصَبُوحِ صُبْحِكَ تَنْتَظِرْ

    This morning, what is it that you await

    With the dawn of your bright morning?

  2. نَبَّهْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَنَا

    دِ أَخَا السَّمَاحِ أَبَا عُمَرْ

    Awaken Abu Bakr and call

    The brother of forgiveness, Abu Umar,

  3. وَادْعُ المَلِيْحَةَ تَأْتِنَا

    قَمَرٌ لَهَا يَحْكِي القَمَرْ

    And summon the beautiful one to join us,

    A moon whose face rivals the moon,

  4. فِي حِجْرِهَا مِنْ عُودِهَا

    سِكِّيْتُ يُنْطِقُهُ الوَتَرْ

    In her lap a lute

    Whose strings give voice,

  5. كَالطِّفْلِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ

    مِنْ عَرْعَرٍ لاَ مِنْ بَشَرْ

    Like a child, but made

    Not of flesh but of fragrant wood,

  6. فِي فِتْيَةٍ لَهُمُ الصَّبَا

    حَةُ وَالْفَصَاحَةُ والْخَطَرْ

    Among lads in the full flower of youth,

    Eloquent, articulate, and bold,

  7. مُتَفَنِّنْينَ مِنَ التَّذَا

    كُرِ والتَّنَاسُمِ فِي زَهَرْ

    Trading subtle witticisms

    And smiles amid the blossoms,

  8. مَابَيْنَ شِعْرٍ أَوْغِنَا

    ءٍ أَوْ حَدِيْثٍ أَوْ سَمَرْ

    Talking in verse or song,

    Or conversing or reveling,

  9. فَكَأَنَّ مَنْ نَاجَاهُمُ

    فِي دَفْتَرٍ حَسَنٍ نَظَرْ

    So that one who overheard them

    Would think he read a fair book,

  10. فَأَحَبُّ أَوْقَاتِ السُّرُو

    رِ إِلَىَّ أَوْقَاتُ السَّحَرْ

    To me the pleasantest times

    Are the times of night stillness,

  11. هِيَ عُذْرَةُ اللَّذَّاتِ وَال

    لَّذَاتُ أَطْيَبُهَا العُذَرْ

    The excuse for delights, and delights

    Are sweetest when excused,

  12. فَاشْرَبْ نَعِمْتَ وَسَقِّهَا

    صِرْفَاً نَدَامَاكَ الغُرَرْ

    Drink the wine of your good fortune

    And pour it out, lest sorrow refill your cup,

  13. وَإِذَا أُدِيْرَتْ نُخْبَةٌ

    وَمَضَى السُّرُورُ بِمَنْ تُسَرْ

    When the gathering disperses

    And joy passes from those you gladdened,

  14. فَامْلأَ الكُؤُوسَ وَنَادِهِمْ

    هَلْ فِيْكُمُ مِنْ مُدَّكِرْ

    Refill the cups and call them back:

    “Is there one among you who remembers?”

  15. وَتَغَنَّ مُرْتَجِلاً تُجِبْ

    كَ بِعُودِهَا ذَاتُ الخَفَرء

    And sing extemporaneously, your lute

    Answering you with a trembling string.

  16. خُذْ مِنْ زَمَانِكَ مَا صَفَا

    وَدعِ الَّذِي فِيْهِ الكَدَرْ

    Pluck from your days what is pure

    And leave what is troubled and turbid.

  17. فَالدَّهْرُ أَقْصَرُ مِنْ مُعَا

    تَبَةْ الزَّمَانِ عَلَى الغِيَرْ

    For life is shorter than the reckoning

    Of days against those who borrow them.