Claude 2

  1. وَما لِيَ لا أُحيِّيهِ وَعِندي

    مَواهِبُ يَطَّلِعنَ مِنَ النَجادِ

    Why should I not greet him, when I have

    Gifts that gleam from the highlands

  2. إِليَّ وَإِنَّهُ لِلناسِ نَهيٌ

    وَلا يَعتَلُّ بِالكَلمِ الصوادي

    To me, though people are forbidden

    To speak wildly with ornate words

  3. لأَبيَضَ مِن بَني تَيمِ بنِ كَعبٍ

    وَهُم كَالمَشَرِفِيّاتِ الحِدادِ

    To Abiadh of Banu Taim ibn Ka'b

    Who are like bereaved women in mourning

  4. لِكُلِ قَبيلَةٍ هادٍ وَرأسٌ

    وَأَنتَ الرَأسُ تَقَدُمُ كُلَّ هادي

    Each tribe has a guide and a chief

    Yet you lead every guide

  5. عِمادُ الخيفِ قَد عَلِمتَ مَعَدٌّ

    وَإِنَّ البَيتَ يُرفَعُ بِالعِمادِ

    The pillar of the tent, you know Ma'add

    That a house is held up by its pillars

  6. لَهُ داعٍ بِمَكَةَ مُشمَعِلٌّ

    وَآخَرَ فَوقَ دارَتِهِ يُنادي

    He has a caller in Mecca, Moshma'il

    And another above his house shouting

  7. إِلى رُدُحٍ مِنَ الشيزى مِلاءٍ

    لُبابَ البُرِّ يُلبَكُ بِالشَهادِ

    To Rudah from Shayza, fully clad

    The cream of piety dressed in finery

  8. فَأَدخَلَهُم عَلى رَبِذٍ يَداهُ

    بِفِعلِ الخَيرِ لَيسَ مِنَ الهَدادِ

    So he brought them to Rubdh, his hands

    Doing good, not aimlessly wandering

  9. عَلى الخَيرِ بنِ جَدعانَ بِن عَمرٍ

    طَويلِ السَمكِ مُرتَفِعِ العِمادِ

    To Khair ibn Jada'an ibn Umar

    Tall of stature, lofty of pillar

  10. سَقى الأَمطارُ قَبرَ أَبي زُهيرٍ

    إِلى سُقفٍ إِلى بُركِ الغَمادِ

    The rains soaked the grave of Abi Zuheir

    To a ceiling, to the ponds of wild beasts

  11. وَما لاقَيتُ مِثلَكَ يا اِبنَ سَعدٍ

    لِمَعروفٍ وَخيرٍ مُستَفادِ

    I have not met your equal, O Ibn Sa'd

    For kindness and good to be gained