Claude 2

  1. هَل حَبلُ رَملَةَ قَبلَ البَينِ مَبتورُ

    أَم أَنَتَ بِالحِلمِ بَعدَ الجَهلَِ معذورُ

    Is the rope of sand before parting severed,

    Or are you with wisdom after ignorance excused?

  2. ما يَجمَعُ الشَوقُ إِن دارٌ بِنا شَحَطَت

    وَمِثلُها في تَداني الدارِ مَهجورُ

    Yearning cannot bring together if a house parts us,

    And the like thereof in the vicinity of houses deserted.

  3. نَشفى بِها وَهيَ داءٌ لَو تُصاقِبُنا

    كما اِشتَفى بِعِيادِ الخَمرِ مَخمورُ

    It healed us while being a disease, if it afflicts us,

    As the accustomed recovered through the wine intoxicated.

  4. ما رَوضَةٌ مِن رِياضِ الحَزنِ باكَرَها

    بِالنَبتِ مُختلِفِ الأَلوانِ مَمطورُ

    No garden among the gardens of sorrow blossomed,

    With different colored growths embroidered.

  5. يَوماً بِأَطيَبَ مِنها نَشرَ رائِحَةٍ

    بَعدَ المَنام إِذا حُبَّ المَعاطيرُ

    One day with the sweetest scent it spreads,

    After sleep when the perfume is loved.

  6. ما أَنسَ لا أَنسَها وَالدَمعُ مُنسَرِبٌ

    كَأَنَّهُ لُؤلُؤٌ في الخَدِّ مَحدورُ

    An intimacy I do not forget while tears flow,

    As if it is a pearl on the cheek stored.

  7. لَمّا رَأَيتُهُم زُمَّت جِمالُهُمُ

    صَدَّقتُ ما زَعَموا وَالبَينُ مَحذورُ

    When I saw them, their beauty was perfect,

    I believed what they claimed while parting is risky.

  8. يَحدو بِهِنَّ أَخو قاذورَةٍ حَذِرٌ

    كَأَنَّهُ بِجَميعِ الناسِ مَوتورُ

    The brother of Qathura sings of them cautiously,

    As if he, with all the people, is broken.

  9. كَأَنَّ أَظعانَهُم تُحدى مُقَفِّيَةً

    نَخلٌ بِعَينَينِ مُلتَفٌّ مَواقيرُ

    As if their white forelocks challenge twisted date palms,

    A palm tree with two eyes bent and fruitful.

  10. غُلبُ الرِقابِ سَقاها جَدوَلٌ سَرِبٌ

    أَو مَشعَبٌ مِن أَتِيِّ البَحرِ مَفجورُ

    Necks overwhelmed them, quenched by a cold brook,

    Or a bay from the sea recklessly gushing.

  11. هَل تُبَلِغَنّي عَلَيَّ الخَيرَ ذِعلِبَةٌ

    حَرفٌ تَزَلَّلَ عَن أَصَلابِها الكورُ

    Can a letter reaching me bring good news,

    Words dripping from its script faint?

  12. مِن خَلفِها قُلُصٌ تَجري أَزِمَّتُها

    قَد مَسَّهُنَّ مَعَ الإِدلاج تَهجيرُ

    Behind it ewes running, their crisis,

    Having been touched by the nightfall expulsion.

  13. يَخبِطنَ بِالقَومِ أَنضاءَ السَريحِ وَقَد

    لاذَت مِنَ الشَمسِ بِالظِلِّ اليَعافيرُ

    They ram the people with the open space of the plain when

    They took shade from the sun in the shadows spinning.

  14. حَتّى إِذا اِنتَصَبَ الحَرباءُ وَاِنتَقَلَت

    وَحانَ إذ هَجَّروا بِالدُوِ تَغويرُ

    Until when the Pleiades rose and moved,

    And when they migrated with packing up return.

  15. قَالوا تَنَحَّوا فَمَسّوا الأَرضَ فَاِحتَوَلوا

    ظِلّاً بِمُنخَرِقٍ تَهفو بِهِ المَورُ

    They said “move aside,” so they touched the ground and rolled over,

    A shadow with a piercing south wind howling through it.

  16. ظَلّوا كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِم طائِراً عَلِقاً

    يَهفو إِذا إِنسَفَرَت عَنهُ الأَعاصيرُ

    They remained as if a bird perched over them

    Howling when storms uncover it.

  17. لِوِجهَةِ الريحِ مِنهُ جانِبٌ سَلِبٌ

    وَجانِبٌ بِأَكُفِّ القَومِ مَضبورُ

    To the direction of the wind a deprived side,

    And a side with palms of people repaired.

  18. حَتّى إِذا أَبَرَدوا قاموا إِلى قُلُصٍ

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ قِسِيُّ الشَوحَطِ الزورُ

    Until when they cooled off, they stood to ewes,

    As if they are the calves of heavy camels.

  19. عَواسِلٌ كَرَعيلِ الرَبدِ أَفزَعَها

    بِالسَيِّ مِن قانِصٍ شَلٌّ وَتَنفيرُ

    Beasts startled like crumbs of ice, frightened

    By prodding with a stick, paralysis and dispersion,

  20. حَتّى سَقى اللَيلَ سَقيَ الجِنِّ فَاِنغَمَسَت

    في جَوزِهِ إِذ دَجا الآكامُ وَالقورُ

    Until the night watered the watering of jinn, so it plunged

    Into its blackness when the total darkness and the cold set in.

  21. غَطّى النَشازَ مَعَ الآكامِ فَاِشتَبَها

    كِلاهُما في سَوادِ اللَيلِ مَغمورُ

    It covered the Pleiades with the total darkness, so they mixed

    Both in the blackness of the night drowned.

  22. إِنَّ عَلِيّاً لَمَيمونٌ نَقيبَتُهُ

    بِالصالِحاتِ مِنَ الأَفعالِ مَشهورُ

    Indeed, Ali is auspicious, his leadership

    Through good deeds among acts well-known.

  23. صِهرُ النَبِيِّ وَخيرُ الناسِ مُفتَخَراً

    فَكُلُّ مَن رامَهُ بِالفَخرِ مَفخورُ

    The in-law of the Prophet and best of people proudly

    So everyone who envies him through pride is pretentious.

  24. صَلّى الطَهورُ مَعَ الأُمِيِّ أَوَّلَهُم

    قَبلَ المَعادَ وَرَبُّ الناسِ مَكفورُ

    The most pure prayed with the unlettered first of them

    Before the return and the Lord of mankind is all sufficient.

  25. مُقاوِمٌ لِطُغاةِ الشِركِ يَضرِبُهُم

    حَتّى اِستَقاموا وَدينُ اللَهِ مَنصورُ

    Withstanding the tyrants of polytheisms, striking them

    Until they straightened and the religion of God is victorious.

  26. بِالعَدلِ قُمتَ أَميناً حينَ خالَفَهُ

    أَهلُ الهوَى وَذَووُ الأهواءِ وَالزورِ

    With justice you stood trustee when those

    Of passions opposed it and the falsifiers and liars.

  27. يا خَيرَ مَن حَمَلت نَعلاً لَهُ قَدَمٌ

    بَعدَ النَبِيِّ لَديهِ البَغيُ مَهجورُ

    O best of those who wore a slipper, having a foot

    After the Prophet while rebellion is deserted.

  28. أَعطاكَ رَبُّكَ فَضلاً لا زَوالَ لَهُ

    مِن أَينَ أَنّى لَهُ الأَيامَ تَغييرُ

    Your Lord gave you a merit with no cessation,

    Where and when can days make change?