وَكِمامَةٍand a flower bud حَدَرَlowered الصَباحُthe morning قِناعَهاits veil
وَكِمامَةٍ حَدَرَ الصَباحُ قِناعَها
عَنfrom صَفحَةٍa face تَندىis dewy مِنَwith الأَزهارِthe blossoms
عَن صَفحَةٍ تَندى مِنَ الأَزهارِ
And a flower bud whose veil the morning drew down
Like a veil the morning lowered its mask
from a face dewy with blossoms,
Over a pagedew-laden with flowers
فيin أَبطَحٍa pebbly valley رَضِعَتsuckled ثُغورُthe mouths أَقاحِهِits daisies
في أَبطَحٍ رَضِعَت ثُغورُ أَقاحِهِ
أَخلافَthe teats كُلِّevery غَمامَةٍcloud مِدرارِpouring abundant rain
أَخلافَ كُلِّ غَمامَةٍ مِدرارِ
in a pebbly valley, whose daisies' mouths suckled
In a meadow where its valleys suckled
the teats of every rain-pouring cloud.
The aftermath of every passing cloud
نَثَرَتscattered بِحِجرِinto the lap of الأَرضِthe earth فيهِin it يَدُthe hand الصِباyouth
نَثَرَت بِحِجرِ الأَرضِ فيهِ يَدُ الصِبا
دُرَرَpearls النَدىthe dew وَدَراهِمَand silver coins النُوّارِthe blossoms
دُرَرَ النَدى وَدَراهِمَ النُوّارِ
There, into the earth's lap, youth's hand scattered
The morning breeze scattered in it
pearls of dew and silver coins of blossoms.
Pearls of dew and coins of light
وَقَدِand already اِرتَدىhad donned غُصنَa bough النَقاthe sand dune وَتَقَلَّدَتand wore as necklaces
وَقَدِ اِرتَدى غُصنَ النَقا وَتَقَلَّدَت
حَليَjewels الحَبابِthe bubbles سَوالِفُthe sides of the necks الأَنهارِthe rivers
حَليَ الحَبابِ سَوالِفُ الأَنهارِ
And the valley had donned the dune's bough, while
The narcissus branch has worn its finery
the rivers' necks wore jewels of bubbles.
And the rivers braided necklaces of hail
فَحَلَلتُso I alighted حَيثُwhere الماءُthe water صَفحَةُthe face ضاحِكٍa laughing person
فَحَلَلتُ حَيثُ الماءُ صَفحَةُ ضاحِكٍ
جَذلٍjoyous وَحَيثُand where الشَطُّthe riverbank بَدءُthe beginning عِذارِdown along the cheek
جَذلٍ وَحَيثُ الشَطُّ بَدءُ عِذارِ
So I alighted where the water was a laughing face,
I lingered where the laughing waters form a pane
joyous, and where the bank was the first down along a cheek.
Of tumbling rapids and rushing tide
وَالريحُand the wind تَنفُضُshakes بُكرَةًat daybreak لِمَمَlocks of hair الرُبىthe hills
وَالريحُ تَنفُضُ بُكرَةً لِمَمَ الرُبى
وَالطَلُّand the dew يَنضَحُsprinkles أَوجُهَthe faces الأَشجارِthe trees
وَالطَلُّ يَنضَحُ أَوجُهَ الأَشجارِ
And the wind shook the hills' locks at daybreak,
The wind shakes the meadows’ forelocks
and the dew sprinkled the faces of the trees.
And the dew drips down the faces of the trees
مُتَقَسِّمُdistributing الأَلحاظِthe glances بَينَamong مَحاسِنٍbeauties
مُتَقَسِّمُ الأَلحاظِ بَينَ مَحاسِنٍ
مِنof رِدفِa haunch رابِيَةٍa hillock وَخَصرِand a waist قَرارِa hollow
مِن رِدفِ رابِيَةٍ وَخَصرِ قَرارِ
Dividing my glances among beauties:
Dividing glances ‘twixt the charms
a hillock's haunch and a hollow's waist,
Of a riding she-camel’s hind and slender waist,
وَأَراكَةٍand an arak tree سَجَعَcooed الهَديلُthe male dove بِفَرعِهاupon its bough
وَأَراكَةٍ سَجَعَ الهَديلُ بِفَرعِها
وَالصُبحُand dawn يُسفِرُunveils عَنfrom جَبينِthe brow نَهارِday
وَالصُبحُ يُسفِرُ عَن جَبينِ نَهارِ
and an arak tree where a dove cooed upon its bough,
A doe whose boughs the anklets’ chime
while dawn unveiled the brow of day.
As dawn lifts off the brow of day
هَزَّتswayed لَهُfor him أَعطافَهاits flanks وَلَرُبَّماand often
هَزَّت لَهُ أَعطافَها وَلَرُبَّما
خَلَعَتcast off عَلَيهِupon him مَلاءَةَa mantle الأَنوارِthe blossoms
خَلَعَت عَلَيهِ مَلاءَةَ الأَنوارِ
It swayed its flanks for him, and often
She sways her limbs, and mayhap
shed upon him a mantle of blossoms.
Sheds on it the mantle of light
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.