Claude 2

  1. أنت الذي علمتني

    يا سيدي برّ الصديق

    You are the one who taught me,

    My master, the kindness of a friend,

  2. وتركتني في فتيةٍ

    ما فيهمو برٌّ رفيق

    And left me among youths

    Who have no gentle friendship.

  3. لم ألق بعدك منهمو

    إلا الجفاء أو العقوق

    After you I have not found among them

    Except coldness or filial impiety,

  4. حتى كأني لم أبت

    منهم على عهد وثيق

    As though I had never made

    With them a solemn covenant.

  5. وكأنهم لم يبصروا

    في خلّتي الحر الصدوق

    As though they had never seen

    In my intimacy an honest companion.

  6. فنسوا هواي ولم يُفق

    من ودهم قلبي المشوق

    So they forgot my love and were not roused

    By their affection for my yearning heart.

  7. ونسوا طريف حديثنا

    عند الصبوح أو الغبوق

    They forgot our intimate converse

    In the early dawn or at nightfall.

  8. ليت الهوى ما قادني

    يوما إلى ذاك الطريق

    Would that love had never guided me

    One day to that path,

  9. أو ليتني لم أنخدع

    جهلا بهاتيك البروق

    Or would that I had not been deluded

    In ignorance by those lightnings,

  10. بل ليتني بعدى الذي

    عانيت من صحبي أفيق

    Rather would that after me there had awakened

    One who suffered from my company.

  11. مولاي لو أبصرتني

    لفزعت من دمعي الطليق

    My Master, if You saw me

    You would be startled by my flowing tears,

  12. وشجاك جسمي ناحلاً

    وكأنه الطيف الطروق

    And my emaciated body would stir You,

    As though it were a trembling phantom.

  13. أشكو إليك وإنما

    يشكو المضيم إلى الشفيق

    I complain to You, and the oppressed

    Complains only to the kindly.

  14. فارحم فديتك مهجةً

    أودى بها الحزن العميق

    So have mercy, my ransom, on a life

    Destroyed by deep sorrow,

  15. حزن يقطع في الحشا

    فكأنه غدر الصديق

    A grief that slashes the darkness

    As though it were the betrayal of a friend.

  16. يا ويح قلبي لم يزل

    يهفو به الروح الخفوق

    Alas, my heart has not ceased

    To be consumed by the timid soul,

  17. وتقوده الذكرى إلى

    عهد الهوى الغض الرفيق

    And memory leads it back

    To the days of tender love.

  18. أيام نمرح في الصبا

    في ذلك العيش الأنيق

    Days when we frolicked in youth

    In that graceful life,

  19. أيام نسقى في الهوى

    والود كأساً من رحيق

    Days when we were sated with love

    And affection was a cup of wine.

  20. تلك الليالي لم تدع

    من بعدها حسنا يروق

    Those nights left behind them

    No beauty that pleases,

  21. كلا ولا خلت لنا

    إلا الزفير أو الشهيق

    No, nor did they leave for us

    Except sighing or moaning.