Claude 2

  1. دُجَى غَيْهب التفرِيقِ قد زال واشمطَّا

    وَاقبْلَ صُبْحُ الجمع منْ بعد ما شَطَّا

    The gloom of parting has passed and joyfully departed,

    And the dawn of reunion has arrived after separation.

  2. وأدْحَضَ نور الأنْسِ سِدْف دُجُنَّتي

    فأصبحتُ لاَ أشْكُو فراقاً ولا شَحْطا

    The light of intimacy has dispelled the darkness of my sadness,

    So I no longer complain of any absence or distress.

  3. وولّتْ جُيُوشُ الْشَفْع عِنْدَ لِقَائِه

    كَفِعْلِ خميسِ الزَّنْجِ حِينَ يرى الْقِبطَا

    The armies of mediation have surrendered at the sight of him,

    Like the Abyssinians when they see the Copts.

  4. شَرْبتُ بِكَأسِ مِلْؤُها سِرّ وِتْرِهِ

    فَها أنَا نَشْوانٌ وما ذُقْتُ إِسْفَنْطَا

    I have drunk from a cup filled with the secret of his affection,

    Behold me now joyous, though I have tasted no wine.

  5. فسيان عندي البعد والقرب والنوى

    وما هابني قبض ولا أبتغي بسطا

    Absence and presence mean nothing to me any more

    Nor do I fear destitution or seek riches.

  6. وهِمتُ بذَات كَانَ بَيْنِي وبَيْنها

    مِنَ الوَهْمِ بَحْرُ قَدْ وجَدْتُ لَهُ شطَّا

    Between me and my beloved was an ocean of illusion

    That I found had a coastline.

  7. فيالك من بحر إِذا رام قطعه

    أخو الغَرْقِ يلفيه عليه قد اشتطا

    What an ocean when one tries to cross it!

    The brother of drowning meets him and stirs him up violently.

  8. فكَمْ مِنْ مُحِب قَدَ تَرَدّى بِمَوْجِهِ

    شَهِيدَا وَكَمْ رَأسٍ هُنالكَ قد قُطَّا

    How many a lover has thrown himself into its waves,

    Only to emerge as a martyr, his head severed!

  9. فَيا سَاهيا دَعْ عَنكَ رَمْلة عَالِج

    ونَجْد ولاَ تَنْدُبْ أرَاكاَ ولا خُمْطا

    O heedless one, leave the sand dunes of the coast,

    Neither mourn nor wail for a mirage or a phantom.

  10. وكَنْ قَاصِداً لِلْحَقِّ تَحْظ بنيلِهِ

    ومَنْ قَصَدَ الوَهّاب لا شَكَ أنْ يُعْطَى

    Seek the truth and you will attain what you wish,

    Whoever seeks the Giver will surely be given.

  11. هو الحقُّ ثُمَّ الأيس والأيْسُ كُلُّ مَا

    سِواه أرَى لَيْسَا ولكِنَهُ غَطَّى

    He is the Truth, and the most beautiful truth;

    All else I see is false, though it covers reality.

  12. ولَسَتُ أرىَ غَيْرا إِذا مَا لحَظْتُهُ

    وَمَنْ يَلْحَظِ الأوهَام لَمْ يشَهْد القْسْطا

    When I look upon Him I see nothing else,

    And he who perceives illusions will never witness justice.