ياO طيبsweetness يومa day للمدامةfor wine والصباand youth
يا طيب يوم للمدامة والصبا
قدindeed مرّpassed بينamid حدائقgardens وروابيand hills
قد مرّ بين حدائق وروابي
How sweet a day for wine and youth,
O gentle day for the lady and youth
That passed amid gardens and hills!
That passed between gardens and meadows
والسروand the cypresses يحكيresemble الماجناتthe wanton women تهيأتreadied themselves
والسرو يحكي الماجنات تهيأت
لولوجto enter ماءwater قرارةa hollow منسابflowing
لولوج ماء قرارة منساب
And the cypresses resemble wanton women who readied themselves
The cypress tells, the waving boughs prepared
To enter water flowing in a hollow;
To enter water gently flowing
لاثتwound غلائلهاtheir thin robes علىaround هاماتهاtheir heads
لاثت غلائلها على هاماتها
تحكيmimicking بهنwith them قلانسcaps الأعرابthe Bedouins
تحكي بهن قلانس الأعراب
They wound their thin robes around their heads,
Braiding their tresses round their brows
Mimicking with them the caps of the Bedouins.
Telling of nomad maidens' headdresses
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.