Claude 2

  1. قُل لِصَديقي أَبي عَلِيٍّ

    ما هَكَذا يَفعَلُ الصَديقُ

    Say to my friend Abu Ali

    This is not what a friend does

  2. أَتَيتَ ما لَم يَكُن بِمِثلي

    وَلا بِأَمثالِكُم يَليقُ

    You did what was unbecoming of me

    Or anyone like you

  3. نَقَضتَ عَهدي وَكانَ ظَنّي

    بِأَنَّهُ مُحكَمٌ وَثيقُ

    You broke your vow though I thought

    It was firm and binding

  4. وَكُنتَ تَنسى حَقّي وَكانَت

    مَرعِيَّةً عِندَكَ الحُقوقُ

    And you forgot my due rights which

    You tended to neglect

  5. قَد كُنتَ أَوعَدتَني بِوَعدٍ

    أَنتَ بِأَمثالِهِ خَليقُ

    You had promised me a promise that

    The likes of you can easily break

  6. أَنَّكَ تَجلو هَمّي بِيَومٍ

    يَجمَعُ أَطرافَهُ الفُسوقُ

    That you would dispel my worries on a day

    That brings together separated friends

  7. يَبُلُّ فيهِ غَليلَ صَدري

    شَرابُكَ المُسكِرُ العَتيقُ

    A day in which your intoxicating old wine

    Would soothe the anguish in my heart

  8. أَخلَفتَني وَاِنفَرَدتَ عَنّي

    أَما اِستَحى وَجهُكَ الصَفيقُ

    But you abandoned me and left me

    Does not your gentle face feel ashamed?

  9. وَقَد تَحَقَّقتَ فِيَّ أَنّي

    صَبٌّ إِلى شُربِها مَشوقُ

    You knew well that I am thirsty

    For a sip and will not cease to crave

  10. وَأَنَّني في هَوى الوُجوهُ ال

    حِسانِ ما عِشتُ ما أُفيقُ

    That in craving beautiful faces I have

    No life unless I pine

  11. أَضاقَ عَنّي لَكُم فِناءٌ

    عَنِ الأَخِلّاءِ لا يَضيقُ

    You shut your door to me though it

    Does not shut out true friends

  12. وَهَل عَلِمتُم بِأَنَّ شُكري

    عَبدٌ لِإِحسانِكُم رَقيقُ

    And did you not know that my gratitude

    Is a tender slave to your kindness?

  13. أَما وَحَقِّ المُدامِ صِرفاً

    يَخجَلُ مِن لَونِها الشَقيقُ

    By the wine we shared which would

    Shame the blush of anemones

  14. وَكُلِّ هَيفاءَ ذاتِ دَلٍّ

    يَقتُلُني قَدُّها الرَشيقُ

    And every dark-eyed gazelle whose

    Slim waist tortures me

  15. يَشكو إِلى رِدفِها المُعَبّا

    مِن جَورِهِ خَصرُها الدَقيقُ

    Whose buttocks complain to her hips

    Of the wrongdoing of her delicate waist

  16. لِلصَبِّ مِن وَردِ وَجنَتَيها

    وِردٌ وَمِن ثَغرِها رَحيقُ

    The youth has from her roses and gardens

    Fragrance and from her mouth, nectar

  17. إِنَّكَ إِن لَم تُصِخِ لِعَتَبي

    جاءَكَ مِنِّيَ ما لا تُطيقُ

    If you do not lament my reproach

    It will bring what you cannot endure

  18. وَإِنَّنا الدَهرَ لا اِلتَقَينا

    إِلّا وَقَد ضَمَّنا الطَريقُ

    For we have never met along the road

    Without it uniting our paths