أَلَمْhas ... not? يَأْنِthe time come لِيfor me مِنْكَfrom you أَنْthat تَرْحَمَاyou show mercy
أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِي مِنْكَ أَنْ تَرْحَمَا
وَتَعْصيand you defy الْعَوَاذِلَthe female reproachers وَاللُّوَّمَاand the faultfinders
وَتَعْصي الْعَوَاذِلَ وَاللُّوَّمَا
Has the time not come for you to show me mercy,
Has the time not come for you to show mercy,
and defy the reproaching women and the faultfinders,
And defy the blamers and accusers,
وَتَرْثِيand you pity لِصَبٍّfor a lovesick lover بِكُمْwith you مُغْرَمٌenamored
وَتَرْثِي لِصَبٍّ بِكُمْ مُغْرَمٌ
أَقَامَhe held عَلَىover هَجْرِكُمْyour desertion مَأْتَمَاa mourning gathering
أَقَامَ عَلَى هَجْرِكُمْ مَأْتَمَا
and pity a lovesick man enamored of you,
And eulogize a lover so smitten by you all
who has held a mourning gathering over your desertion?
He has held a funeral for your abandonment,
يَبِيتُhe spends the night إِذَاwhen جَنَّهُit enfolds him لَيْلُهُhis night
يَبِيتُ إِذَا جَنَّهُ لَيْلُهُ
يُرَاعِيhe watches الْكَوَاكِبَthe planets وَالْأَنْجُمَاand the stars
يُرَاعِي الْكَوَاكِبَ وَالْأَنْجُمَا
When his night enfolds him, he spends it
Who spends his nights when darkness falls
watching the planets and the stars.
Gazing at the stars and planets,
وَمَاذَاand what عَلَىupon الصَّبِّthe lovesick lover لَوْif أَنَّهُthat he
وَمَاذَا عَلَى الصَّبِّ لَوْ أَنَّهُ
أَحَلَّhe made lawful مِنَof الْوَصْلِunion مَاwhat حَرَّمَاhe forbade
أَحَلَّ مِنَ الْوَصْلِ مَا حَرَّمَا
And what harm would it do the lover if he
What's wrong if this lover has made
made lawful the union he had forbidden?
Permissible what you have forbidden of union?
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.