عرضتْparaded سماءthe sky of الدجنِcloud-darkness زهرَthe shining ones of جنودهاits troops
عرضتْ سماء الدجنِ زهرَ جنودها
وسرتْand advanced فراعَso frightened الجدبَthe drought خفقُthe fluttering of بنودهاits banners
وسرتْ فراعَ الجدبَ خفقُ بنودها
The cloud-dark sky paraded its shining troops.
The sky of darkness displayed the flowers of its armies,
It advanced, and its banners' flutter frightened drought.
And the folds of barrenness were covered by the fluttering of its tenderness.
فسهامهاthus its arrows لقطارهاfor its raindrops وسيوفهاand its swords
فسهامها لقطارها وسيوفها
لبروقهاfor its lightning flashes وقسيهاand its bows لرعودهاfor its thunderclaps
لبروقها وقسيها لرعودها
Its arrows are its raindrops, and its swords
Its arrows for its trains, its swords for its lightning,
its lightning flashes, and its bows its thunder.
Its brilliance and its firmness for its thunder.
وفريدةِand a peerless jewel of العرصاتِthe open grounds ضمخهاanointed it الحياthe rain
وفريدةِ العرصاتِ ضمخها الحيا
طيباًwith perfume تضوّعwafted فيin ثيابthe robes of فريدهاits peerless one
طيباً تضوّع في ثياب فريدها
And a pearl among open grounds, which rain anointed
The unique one adorned with life,
with perfume wafting through its peerless one's robes.
A sweet perfume emanated from her unique attire,
كافورُcamphor جوٍair عنهُfrom it عنبرُambergris نشرهاits fragrance
كافورُ جوٍ عنهُ عنبرُ نشرها
ذوpossessing ماءِwater of وردٍroses منهُfrom it مسكُmusk صعيدهاits soil
ذو ماءِ وردٍ منهُ مسكُ صعيدها
Its air is camphor, whence comes its ambergris fragrance,
Camphor of pleasant air which amber of its diffusion emanated,
laden with rosewater, whence comes the musk of its soil.
With water of roses from which musk of its plains emanated.
غنّاءlush with trees نمّrevealed علىof الحاthe rain (text unclear) نمامهاits fragrant herb
غنّاء نمّ على الحا نمامها
ووشىand tattled علىof الأنواءthe rain-bearing stars وشيُthe embroidery of برودهاits cloaks
ووشى على الأنواء وشيُ برودها
Lush with trees, its fragrant herb betrayed the rain,
A singer slept on anxiety as if
and its cloaks' embroidery betrayed the rain-bearing stars.
She whispered to the breezes and murmured to its coolness.
كلفتI was enamored بهاof it فلزهوهاso in its pride بكمالهاin its perfection
كلفت بها فلزهوها بكمالها
نثرتit scattered علىover الدنياthe world نظامَthe strung beads of عقودهاits necklaces
نثرت على الدنيا نظامَ عقودها
I was enamored of it; proud of its perfection,
I was commanded with her beauty so I completed it,
it scattered its strung necklaces over the world.
She sprinkled ornamentation on the world and scattered its necklaces.
زهرتshone نجومthe stars of الزّهرthe flowers فوقَabove غصونهاits branches
زهرت نجوم الزّهر فوقَ غصونها
مثلَlike الكواكبthe planets فيin بروجthe constellations of سعودهاits good fortune
مثلَ الكواكب في بروج سعودها
The flower-stars shone above its branches,
The stars of flowers blossomed above its branches,
like planets in the constellations of its good fortune.
Like planets in the mansions of its happiness.
وشدتand sang علىon الأفنانthe boughs داوديّةُDavid-like
وشدت على الأفنان داوديّةُ
الألحانmelodies حينwhen تفيضshe overflows فيin تغريدهاher warbling
الألحان حين تفيض في تغريدها
On the boughs sang a songstress of David-like
And she tightened the Davidic
melodies, as she overflowed in her warbling.
Melodies when they overflow in their singing.
نطقتproclaimed بفضلthe excellence of ربيعهاits spring ربوعهاits grounds
نطقت بفضل ربيعها ربوعها
مثلَlike الخطيبthe preacher علىupon ذوابةthe crest of عودهاits bough
مثلَ الخطيب على ذوابة عودها
Its grounds proclaimed the excellence of its spring,
Its meadows spoke of the excellence of its spring,
like a preacher upon the crest of its bough.
Like the orator on the sandalwood pulpit.
تتلوit recites علىover الأغصانthe branches آيthe verses of نسيمهاits breeze
تتلو على الأغصان آي نسيمها
فلذاكand for that reason طولُthe length of ركوعهاtheir bowing وسجودهاand their prostration
فلذاك طولُ ركوعها وسجودها
Over the branches it recites the verses of its breeze;
She recites on the branches the verses of its breeze,
hence their long bows and prostrations.
Thus the length of its bowing and prostration.
منof كلّeach لدنِsupple of القدّstature لولاwere it not for عجزهاits helplessness
من كلّ لدنِ القدّ لولا عجزها
ألقتit would cast عليهupon him قلادةًa necklace فيat جيدهاits neck
ألقت عليه قلادةً في جيدها
Each is supple of figure; were it not for its helplessness,
If it were not for her incapacity, she would have cast
it would lay upon him the necklace at its neck.
On the Eternal a necklace around its neck.
شابتturned gray ذوائبهاits locks وتلكand that is عجبيةٌa marvel
شابت ذوائبها وتلك عجبيةٌ
أتشيبُdoes it turn gray قبلَbefore فراقهاits departure لمهودهاfrom its cradles
أتشيبُ قبلَ فراقها لمهودها
Its locks turned gray, and that is a marvel!
Its braids grayed, and that is wondrous,
Does it turn gray before departing from its cradles?
That it grays before parting from its beloved.
فسقىso may water ذرىthe heights of الشرفينal-Sharafayn صيّبُthe downpour of مزنهاits rain clouds
فسقى ذرى الشرفين صيّبُ مزنها
وسقىand may water حياthe rain of جفنيّmy eyelids بابَthe Gate of بريدهاits Barid
وسقى حيا جفنيّ بابَ بريدها
May its clouds' downpour water the heights of al-Sharafayn,
So the nobility of the two dynasties were watered
and my eyelids' rain water its Bab Barid.
And the life of my eyelids was watered at the door of its post.
أوطانُhomelands of أوطاريmy desires الذيwhere أناI عاذلٌa reprover
أوطانُ أوطاري الذي أنا عاذلٌ
فيof غيرهاother places ومعذّلٌand reproached فيfor غيدهاits slender beauties
في غيرها ومعذّلٌ في غيدها
Home of my desires: I reproach love
My homelands, my places which I blame
for other places, and am reproached for its slender beauties.
In other than it and am blamed in its absence.
اخلينَthey emptied منfrom قلبيmy heart مكانَthe place for سلوهِits forgetting
اخلينَ من قلبي مكانَ سلوهِ
وسلبنَand they stole منfrom عينيmy eyes لذيذَthe sweetness of هجودهاtheir sleep
وسلبنَ من عيني لذيذَ هجودها
They left no room in my heart for forgetting,
Make me forget from my heart the place of its night,
and robbed my eyes of their sweet sleep.
And deprive my eyes of the bliss of its affection.
وأبيby the father of الهوىpassion لولاwere it not for الهوىpassion ماnot بتُّI spent the night
وأبي الهوى لولا الهوى ما بتُّ
أستسقيseeking rain from العبادَpeople لماحلاتِfor the parched places of عهودهاits former days
أستسقي العبادَ لماحلاتِ عهودها
By the father of passion! But for passion I would not spend the night
And I refused infatuation, if not for infatuation I would not
seeking rain from people for its drought-stricken days of old.
Implore people for the promises of its covenants.
ظبياتهاits gazelles عنفتtreated harshly عليَّme وأسدهاand its lions
ظبياتها عنفت عليَّ وأسدها
ماnot ليfor me يدٌany power بظبائهاagainst its gazelles وأسودهاand its lions
ما لي يدٌ بظبائها وأسودها
Its gazelles treated me harshly, and its lions;
Its gazelles dismissed me and its lions,
I have no strength against its gazelles and lions.
I have no power over its gazelles or its lions.
هزّواthey shook العواليthe lofty lances دونهاin its defense فكأنماas though
هزّوا العوالي دونها فكأنما
منعواthey protected رشاقَthe slender ones of قدودهاits figures بقدودهاwith their figures
منعوا رشاقَ قدودها بقدودها
They shook their lofty lances in its defense, as though
They shook the highlands below it as if
guarding its slender figures with such slender figures.
They prevented the slenderness of its wrists with its wrists.
كلفيmy passion بمخطفةfor one slender of القوامِstature طريرةِkeen of
كلفي بمخطفة القوامِ طريرةِ
الألحاظglance هيفاءِslender of المعاطفِcurves رودهاtheir tender one
الألحاظ هيفاءِ المعاطفِ رودها
My passion is for a slender-waisted one, keen of
Entrust me with the snatcher of the waist, the chirping
glance, slender in her curves, their tender one.
Of glances, the cuddling of attire, and its calmness.
خوطيّةtwig-like of الحركاتmovements جاذبهاdrew her الصباyouthful passion
خوطيّة الحركات جاذبها الصبا
جذبَas the drawing of الصباthe east wind ماwhat لانwas supple منof أملودهاits tender branch
جذبَ الصبا ما لان من أملودها
Twig-like in motion, youthful passion drew her,
Delicate in movement, youth pulls her
as the east wind draws what is supple in its tender branch.
As youth pulls the gentle long robe.
ثقلتgrew heavy روادفهاher haunches وخفَّand grew light قوامهاher figure
ثقلت روادفها وخفَّ قوامها
فتهمُّso she nearly عندwhen قيامهاshe rises بقعودهاsits down
فتهمُّ عند قيامها بقعودها
Her haunches grew heavy, her figure light;
Her buttocks weighed down and her waist thinned,
so when she rises she almost sits again.
So she is tempted when standing by sitting.
ابداًforever تموتُdies بهاthrough her وتحياand lives سلوتيmy solace
ابداً تموتُ بها وتحيا سلوتي
والوجدُثand passion (stray final letter) بينbetween وعيدهاher threats ووعودهاand her promises
والوجدُث بين وعيدها ووعودها
Through her, my solace forever dies and revives,
I die by it and my solace lives,
and passion lies between her threats and promises.
And passion lies between its threats and promises.
بخلتshe withheld فروحيso my soul ياO عذولُreprover فقيدةٌis lost
بخلت فروحي يا عذولُ فقيدةٌ
هلاwhy not حبانيgrant me جودهاher generosity بوجودهاwith her presence
هلا حباني جودها بوجودها
She withheld her bounty; my soul, O reprover, is lost.
You were stingy so my soul was deprived,
Why did her generosity not grant me her presence?
If only your generosity gave me life by its life.
فالموتso death بينbetween دنوهاher nearness وبعادهاand her distance
فالموت بين دنوها وبعادها
والموتُand death بينbetween وصاهاher union (text unclear) وصدودهاand her turning away
والموتُ بين وصاها وصدودها
Death lies between her nearness and her distance,
For death lies between being near it and being far,
and death between her union and her turning away.
And death lies between its association and its separation.
إنif أنكرتyou deny منfrom مقلتيmy eye ماwhat تدعيit claims
إن أنكرت من مقلتي ما تدعي
يوماًone day فانَّthen indeed النجمَthe stars بعضُsome of شهودهاits witnesses
يوماً فانَّ النجمَ بعضُ شهودها
If you deny what my eye claims
If one day I deny what my eyelids claim,
one day, the stars are among its witnesses.
Then the star is part of its testimonies.
فلربَّand many a داجيةٍdark night طويتُI folded away نجومهاits stars
فلربَّ داجيةٍ طويتُ نجومها
يوماًinto a day بحظwith the share of العينِthe eye منof تسهدهاits sleeplessness
يوماً بحظ العينِ من تسهدها
Many a dark night have I folded away its stars
For I folded the stars of many a shining one
into day, with my eye's share of sleeplessness.
One day by the delight of the eye that slumbers.
وقصيدةٍand a poem حليتI adorned جيدthe neck of بيوتهاits verses
وقصيدةٍ حليت جيد بيوتها
بثناءِwith praise of تاجthe crown of الدينthe faith بيتِthe home of نشدهاits recitation
بثناءِ تاج الدين بيتِ نشدها
And many a poem whose verses' neck I adorned
And a poem whose necklace houses adorned
with praise of Taj al-Din, the home of its recitation:
With praise of the crown of religion the home I sought.
بأخيof the brother of الفصاحةeloquence ناطقاًwhen speaking بأبيof the father of المعاليlofty deeds
بأخي الفصاحة ناطقاً بأبي المعالي
ساعياًwhen striving بمجيدهاof their glorious one ابنson of مجيدهاtheir glorious one
ساعياً بمجيدها ابن مجيدها
eloquence's brother in speech, the father of lofty deeds
To my eloquent brother speaking of my father of greatness,
in striving, their glorious one, son of their glorious one.
Aspiring through his glory the son of his glory.
كانتwere شعابُthe mountain paths of المجدِglory تمنعُwithholding نفسهاthemselves
كانت شعابُ المجدِ تمنعُ نفسها
لكنbut بكندةَthrough Kinda هانgrew easy صعبthe difficulty of كنودهاtheir obstinacy
لكن بكندةَ هان صعب كنودها
The mountain paths of glory once withheld themselves,
The cliffs of glory used to prevent themselves
but through Kinda their stubborn hardship grew easy:
But by your determination the difficult cliffs subsided.
بأساسthrough the foundation of علياهاits heights هلالِthe crescent of سمائهاits sky
بأساس علياها هلالِ سمائها
فينانleafy; spreading دوحتهاits great tree مقرthe anchorage of عمودهاits pillar
فينان دوحتها مقر عمودها
through the foundation of its heights, the crescent of its sky,
With its crescent as the pillar of its sky,
its great tree's leafy bough, its pillar's anchorage.
Its minarets protect the pillar of its building.
كمhow often جبتُI traversed هاجرةًmidday heat إليهtoward him كأنهاas though it
كم جبتُ هاجرةً إليه كأنها
وقدwhile اشتملتit wrapped itself in الصبرbitter aloe قلبthe heart of حسودهاits envier
وقد اشتملت الصبر قلب حسودها
How often I crossed the midday heat toward him, as though it
How often I emigrated to it as if
were, wrapped in bitterness, the heart of its envier.
I had cloaked myself in patience the heart of the envious.
أعياexhausted المحاولَthe aspirant ماwhat ارتقاهhe ascended منof العلىthe heights
أعيا المحاولَ ما ارتقاه من العلى
ماnot سيّدُthe lord of العلياءِloftiness مثلlike مسودهاone made its lord
ما سيّدُ العلياءِ مثل مسودها
The heights he attained exhausted anyone attempting them;
The aspirant despaired from what he climbed of heights,
the lord of loftiness is unlike one merely made its lord.
The master of the lofty is not like its erected pillar.
ملكُking of الملوكِkings وماand not مليكa sovereign of فضيلةٍa virtue
ملكُ الملوكِ وما مليك فضيلةٍ
عاديةٍancient كرعاعهاlike its rabble وعبيدهاand its slaves
عاديةٍ كرعاعها وعبيدها
King of kings! No sovereign of a virtue
The king of kings - and what a subject of merit
from antiquity is like its rabble and slaves.
Ordinary or lowly like its commoners and servants.
فهوَhe is السَّماءُthe sky ونيراتُand the bright lights of خلالهِhis virtues
فهوَ السَّماءُ ونيراتُ خلالهِ
مثلُlike النجومthe stars تجلّare too great عنfor تعديدهاtheir enumeration
مثلُ النجوم تجلّ عن تعديدها
He is the sky, and the bright lights of his virtues
He is the sky and the rays of his essence
are like stars, beyond all counting.
Are like the stars manifest beyond enumeration.
منfrom أسرةٍa family أضحىbecame العلاءُeminence بأسرهِin its entirety
من أسرةٍ أضحى العلاءُ بأسرهِ
مستعبداًenslaved لجدودهاto its ancestors وجدودهاand its good fortunes
مستعبداً لجدودها وجدودها
Of a family for whom all eminence has become
Of a family the nobility of which became
enslaved to its forefathers and its good fortunes.
Subjugated to its ancestors and forefathers.
المنجدونthose who succor بكلِّwith every أبيضَwhite sword صارمٍkeen-edged
المنجدون بكلِّ أبيضَ صارمٍ
داعيthe caller from تهائمِthe lowlands of يثربYathrib ونجودهاand its highlands
داعي تهائمِ يثرب ونجودها
Those who succor, with every gleaming, keen-edged sword,
The victorious by every unsheathed, sharpened white sword
the caller from Yathrib's lowlands and uplands;
Calling the zeal of Yathrib and its resolve.
والجاعلونَand those who make وقدwhen تأجَّجتblazed الوغىwarfare
والجاعلونَ وقد تأجَّجت الوغى
ماءَthe water of الطُّلىthroats متكفلاًresponsible بخمودهاfor quenching it
ماءَ الطُّلى متكفلاً بخمودها
and those who, when warfare blazes, make
And those who, when discord blazed,
the water of throats the surety for its quenching.
Made the water of blades responsible for its flames.
منfrom كلِّevery ذمرٍvaliant man لاnot يباحis violated ذمارهُhis honor
من كلِّ ذمرٍ لا يباح ذمارهُ
بذلوهthey offered him up وهوwhile he معفَّرdust-covered فيin بيدهاits wastelands
بذلوه وهو معفَّر في بيدها
From every valiant man whose honor is inviolate,
From every reputable clan whose reputation
they offered him up, dust-covered in its wastelands.
They sacrificed while it was still cloaked in its skin.
غصَّتwere crowded مناكبهاits shoulders وأشرقand glowed جوَّهاits air
غصَّت مناكبها وأشرق جوَّها
برماحwith the spears of شاهدهاits present warrior وروحand the soul of شهيدهاits martyr
برماح شاهدها وروح شهيدها
Its shoulders were crowded, and its air shone
Their platforms became narrow and its air shone
with its present warrior's spears and its martyr's soul.
With the witnesses of its martyrs and the spirit of its martyr.
لبستdonned قلوبهمtheir hearts الحديدiron فلمso did not تبلheed
لبست قلوبهم الحديد فلم تبل
أجسامهمtheir bodies بأساًdanger بفقدِat the loss of حديدهاtheir iron armor
أجسامهم بأساً بفقدِ حديدها
Their hearts donned iron, so their bodies did not
They wore iron in their hearts so their bodies would not
fear danger when their iron armor was lost.
Sense any harm in losing its iron.
قومٌa people إذاwhen بغتsought القلوبَhearts رماحهمtheir spears
قومٌ إذا بغت القلوبَ رماحهم
وضعواthey placed اسنتهاtheir points مكانَin the place of حقودهاtheir grudges
وضعوا اسنتها مكانَ حقودها
A people whose spears, when they seek hearts,
A people, if hearts craved, their spears
place their points where those hearts' grudges lie.
They made into their tongues instead of their throats.
وإذاand when همُthey شامواbeheld بروقthe lightning of غمودهمtheir sheaths
وإذا همُ شاموا بروق غمودهم
تخذواthey took الغمودَas sheaths الهامَskulls بعدafter غمودهاtheir sheaths
تخذوا الغمودَ الهامَ بعد غمودها
When they behold the lightning of their sheaths,
And if they smelled the lightning of their clouds,
they make skulls their sheaths after their former sheaths.
They made the clouds their concern after its clouds.
الثابتونthe steadfast علىupon الجيادsteeds إذاwhen همُthey
الثابتون على الجياد إذا همُ
هّمواresolved إلىon حربٍwar ثباتَwith the firmness of جلودهاtheir hides
هّموا إلى حربٍ ثباتَ جلودها
Steadfast upon their steeds when they
Steadfast on steeds, if they intended for war,
resolve on war, as firmly as the steeds' hides.
The steadfastness of their skins did not waver.
وإذاand when الكتيبةthe battalion أقبلتadvanced لمdid not يئنِturn aside (text unclear) وازعـrestrainer (continued)
وإذا الكتيبة أقبلت لم يئنِ وازعـ
ـهمtheir (completes preceding word) ظباهمtheir blades عنfrom ورودdrinking at وريدهاits jugular
ـهم ظباهم عن ورود وريدها
When the battalion advanced, their restrainer did not turn
And if a brigade approached, their reins were not shaken
their blades away from drinking at its jugular.
From watering its prey from the flow of its stream.
فشموسُthus suns of بيضٍwhite blades أطلعتwere raised لغروبهاfor their setting
فشموسُ بيضٍ أطلعت لغروبها
ونجومُand stars of سمرٍdark lances سيرتْwere set moving لركودهاfor their stillness
ونجومُ سمرٍ سيرتْ لركودها
Suns of white blades were raised to meet their setting,
So whiteness suns rose for their setting,
and stars of dark lances sent forth to come to rest.
And darkness stars traveled for their stillness.
ياO منone who يشيبُturns gray لهfor him الحديدiron وساعةٌwhile an hour
يا من يشيبُ له الحديد وساعةٌ
خرقاءُfrenzied مفقودٌmissing نداءُthe cry of وليدهاits newborn
خرقاءُ مفقودٌ نداءُ وليدها
O you for whom iron turns gray, while a frenzied hour
O you whose iron grays, and time
is bereft of its newborn's cry!
Ragged, the call of its newborn is lost.
لثنواindeed they turned أمانيَّthe hopes of العفاةِpetitioners بجودهمthrough their generosity
لثنوا أمانيَّ العفاةِ بجودهم
بيضَwhite of الطلىthroat والحاسدينand the enviers بسودهاwith black throats
بيضَ الطلى والحاسدين بسودها
They turned, through their bounty, petitioners' hopes
Divert the hopes of the helpless with their generosity,
white of throat, and their enviers' hopes black.
The white blades and the envious with its blackness.
قسماًI swear بعلمكby your knowledge فهوfor it is نيرُthe light of أفقهاits horizon
قسماً بعلمك فهو نيرُ أفقها
وبهاءand by the splendor of وجهكَyour face فهوfor it is صبحةُthe morning of عيدهاits festival
وبهاء وجهكَ فهو صبحةُ عيدها
I swear by your knowledge, the light of its horizon,
By your banner it is the lamp of its horizon,
and your face's splendor, the morning of its festival:
By the brilliance of your face it is the dawn of its feast.
لقدindeed امتطيتَyou mounted منamong المعاليlofty attainments صهوةًa saddle-back
لقد امتطيتَ من المعالي صهوةً
أعياexhausted بنيthe sons of الدنياthe world صعودُclimbing صعودهاits steep ascent
أعيا بني الدنيا صعودُ صعودها
you have mounted a saddle-back among lofty attainments;
You mounted the lofty summits of glory
climbing its steep height exhausted the sons of this world.
That the people of the world despaired of ascending its ascent.
كمhow many نظَّمتstrung كفّيmy hand عقودَnecklaces of مدائحٍpraises
كم نظَّمت كفّي عقودَ مدائحٍ
فاقتsurpassed عقودَnecklaces of الدرّpearls فيin تنضيدهاtheir arrangement
فاقت عقودَ الدرّ في تنضيدها
How many necklaces of praise my hand has strung,
How often I arranged my palms in necklaces of praise
surpassing pearl necklaces in their arrangement!
Beyond the necklaces of pearls in their stringing.
كالذرّlike fine powder عاطرةٌfragrant فإنand if جحدَdenies أمروءa man
كالذرّ عاطرةٌ فإن جحدَ أمروء
ماwhat قلتهُI said فقيأتناthen let him bring us (text unclear) بنديدهاtheir equal
ما قلتهُ فقيأتنا بنديدها
Fragrant as fine powder; if anyone denies
Like scattered pearls, and if a noble's matter
what I have said, let him bring us their equal.
Denies what I said, our vomit will pulverize its gravel.
هنَّthey are القوافيthe rhymes الشارداتُfar-roaming لمدحكمin praising you
هنَّ القوافي الشارداتُ لمدحكم
أضحىhas become عبيدٌUbayd وهوwhile he is بعضone of عبيدهاtheir slaves
أضحى عبيدٌ وهو بعض عبيدها
They are the far-roaming rhymes; through your praise
They are the stray rhymes for your praise,
Ubayd has become merely one of their slaves.
The slaves have become while it is part of its slaves.
منof كلَّevery معنىmeaning شاردٍwandering فيwithin it broods ضمنهِwisdom
من كلَّ معنى شاردٍ في ضمنهِ
حكمٌwisdom يفيدbenefits العقلthe mind عقلُthe taming of شرودهاtheir wanderings
حكمٌ يفيد العقل عقلُ شرودها
Each a wandering meaning, holding within it
From every stray meaning in its inclusion,
wisdom; taming their wanderings benefits the mind.
A wisdom benefits the mind the mind of its straying.
حبرَّتهاI embellished them نقداًas coin غداةon the morning منحتهاyou granted them
حبرَّتها نقداً غداة منحتها
نقداًcoin فتاهتso they strutted لاختلافِat the difference in نقودهاtheir currencies
نقداً فتاهت لاختلافِ نقودها
I wrought them as coin on the morning you granted them
I have gilded it with prose the day after
coin; they strutted at the difference between their currencies.
I gilded it in verse, so it wandered having differing currencies.
تكسوthey clothe الجلالةَmajesty ربَّهاtheir master والفهمand understanding
تكسو الجلالةَ ربَّها والفهم
سامعهاtheir listener وإيضاحاًand clarity لسانًthe tongue of معيدهاtheir reciter
سامعها وإيضاحاً لسانً معيدها
They clothe their master in majesty, and with understanding
It adorns majesty, instructs its Lord, listening to it,
their hearer, and with clarity the tongue of their reciter.
Clarifying, a tongue repeating its renewal.
كالخمرlike wine حسناًin beauty فيin أكفّthe palms of سقاتهاits pourers
كالخمر حسناً في أكفّ سقاتها
وبوجهِand on the face of شاربهاits drinker وفيand in عنقودهاits grape-cluster
وبوجهِ شاربها وفي عنقودها
Like wine, lovely in the hands of its pourers,
Like wine, beautiful in the palms of its cupbearer,
on its drinker's face, and in its grape-cluster.
In the face of its drinker, and in its clusters.
ياO منشرَresurrector of العلمknowledge الفقيدِlost ثوتlay حشاشـlast spark of life (continued)
يا منشرَ العلم الفقيدِ ثوت حشاشـ
ـتهُits (completes preceding word) خلالَamong صفيحهاits stone slabs ولحودهاand its graves
ـتهُ خلالَ صفيحها ولحودها
O resurrector of lost knowledge, whose last spark of life lay
O spreader of precious knowledge, collected
among its stone slabs and its graves!
In the folds of its panels and its patched cloak.
ليI have رغبةٌdesire فيهِfor it وزهدٌand renunciation فيof بنيthe sons of الدنـthe world (continued)
لي رغبةٌ فيهِ وزهدٌ في بني الدنـ
ـياcompletion of 'world' ثنانيturned me away عنfrom طلابseeking زهيدهاits paltry things
ـيا ثناني عن طلاب زهيدها
I desire it and renounce the sons of this world:
I have a desire for it and detachment from the people
a renunciation that turned me from seeking its paltry offerings.
Of the world who distracted me from seeking its ascetic.
أنَّbecause الجديدينthe two ever-new ones: night and day استمالاthe two drew aside ناظريmy gaze
أنَّ الجديدين استمالا ناظري
عنfrom لذَّةٍa pleasure يصيبهstrikes it حسنُthe beauty of جديدهاits newness
عن لذَّةٍ يصيبه حسنُ جديدها
For the two ever-new ones, night and day, have drawn my gaze
That the new distracted my sight
from a pleasure whose fresh beauty captivates it.
From a pleasure attained by the beauty of its new.
قربتَyou drew near منto أمليmy hope البعيدdistant ولاand do not تزلcease
قربتَ من أملي البعيد ولا تزل
لقريبfor a near منَّةِboon to آملٍone who hopes وبعيدهاand its distant counterpart
لقريب منَّةِ آملٍ وبعيدها
You have brought my far-off hope near; may you ever be
You brought my distant hope near while you still
there with boons, near and far, for the hopeful man.
Remain a blessing to a hopeful and its distant.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.