منwho لصبfor a lovesick man هائمdistraught with love ارقsleepless
من لصب هائم ارق
باتhe spent the night يرعىwatching انجمstars الغسقthe dusk
بات يرعى انجم الغسق
Who is there for a lovesick man, distraught and sleepless?
A lovesick one kept vigil all night
He spent the night watching the stars of dusk.
Tending the stars in the dusk sky
لمdid not يدعleave فيهin him هوىlove for قمرthe moon
لم يدع فيه هوى قمر
الحسنbeauty لاno واللهby God منany رمقbreath of life
الحسن لا والله من رمق
Love for beauty’s moon has left him
No affections for him but the moon
Not a breath of life—no, by God.
By God, he is utterly bereft
اصبحتhave become احشاءthe innermost depths مهجتهhis heart
اصبحت احشاء مهجته
غرضa target الاجفانthe eyelids والحدقand the pupils
غرض الاجفان والحدق
The depths of his heart have become
His inner self consumed
A target for eyelids and pupils.
By lowered lids and downcast eyes
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.