Claude 2

  1. يُصيبُ كُنوزَ مالٍ كلُّ فَدْمٍ

    بقيمةِ بعضِ فلسٍ لا يقومُ

    Every spilt drop of blood attains treasures of wealth

    Worthless as a coin that cannot stand

  2. وكم يُمسي لبيبٌ لا يُصلِّي

    لشِدَّةِ ضُعفِهِ لكنْ يصومُ

    And many a sensible man does not pray

    Due to his extreme weakness, yet he fasts

  3. ولو يُعطى من الأرزاقِ كلٌّ

    على مِقدارِهِ انتَصَفَ الحكيمُ

    If everyone were given provision

    According to their worth, the wise would be satisfied

  4. ولم يعتبْ على الأيَّامِ شخصٌ

    يَرَى عدلَ القضاءِ ولا يلومُ

    And no one would blame the days

    When they see the justice of fate and do not complain

  5. وبَينَ النَّاسِ ذو مالٍ بخيلٌ

    بفَضْلتهِ وصُعلُوكٌ كريمُ

    And among the people there is a miser with wealth

    By his surplus and a generous pauper

  6. وإنَّ تَكَرُّمَ الفُقَراءِ عِندي

    كبُخلِ ذَوي الغِنَى عَيبٌ ذميمُ

    And the generosity of the poor to me

    Is better than the stinginess of the rich, a despicable flaw

  7. وبعضٌ يَدَّعي ما ليسَ فيهِ

    وبعضٌ يشتري ما لا يَسومُ

    And some claim what is not in them

    And another buys what he does not bargain over

  8. وآخرُ يَنصَحُ الأصحابَ عمَّا

    بهِ كمُعالجٍ وَهُوَ السَّقيمُ

    And another advises friends about

    What ails him while he is the sick one

  9. وفي الشُّعراءِ مَن في كلِّ وادٍ

    إذا هَدَرَتْ شَقاشِقُهُ يَهيمُ

    And among the poets there is one who in every valley

    When his petty talents wane he roams around

  10. وبعضُ الشِّعرِ في أُذُنٍ كلامٌ

    يَطيبُ وبعضُهُ فيها كُلُومُ

    And some poetry in the ear is speech

    That is sweet and some bitter bile

  11. وكم رَجُلٍ يقومُ مَقامَ جيشٍ

    ويَسقُطُ دونَهُ الجيشُ العظيمُ

    And many a man takes the place of an army

    Yet the great army collapses because of him

  12. وبعدَ الشَّمسِ كم تبدو نجومٌ

    ولكنْ ليسَ تَخلُفها النُّجومُ

    And after the sun how many stars appear

    But the stars do not succeed it

  13. وما سَلِمَ الكمالُ لذاتِ شخصٍ

    فلا إنسانَ مِن عيبٍ سليمُ

    And no person's being is safe from flaws

    So no human is free of faults

  14. ويَغلِبُ كلَّ مقتَدِرٍ قديرٌ

    ويعلو كلَّ ذي علمٍ عليمُ

    And every powerful person is overcome by one more powerful

    And everyone knowledgeable is surpassed by one more knowledgeable