لاno ورشفِby sipping اللّمىthe dark hue of lips ولثمand kissing الخدودcheeks
لا ورشفِ اللّمى ولثم الخدود
ماnot عذوليmy reproacher عليكconcerning you غيرother than حسودan envier
ما عذولي عليك غير حسود
No—by sipping dark lips and kissing cheeks,
No, not the soft cheeks or the wine's sweet flush,
my reproacher concerning you is nothing but an envier.
Make me envious of you, though others hush;
هائمٌlovesick فيin هواكlove for you مثليlike me ولكنand yet
هائمٌ في هواك مثلي ولكن
يدفعُdeflects الوهمsuspicion عنكaway from you بالتفنيدthrough reproach
يدفعُ الوهم عنك بالتفنيد
He is lovesick for you, like me, but
I dream of you while others' dreams diffuse
he deflects suspicion concerning you through reproach.
Their idle fantasies with vacant words.
ياO مليحاًfair one طرفيmy gaze بهthrough him فيin نعيمbliss
يا مليحاً طرفي به في نعيم
وفؤادِيand my heart فيin النارِthe fire ذاتpossessing الوقودfuel
وفؤادِي في النارِ ذات الوقود
O fair one, in whom my gaze finds bliss,
My eyes delight, while agony imbues
while my heart is in the fuel-fed fire.
My heart with fire that fiercely burns.
لاdo not تسلْask عنabout مسيلthe stream of دمعيmy tears بخدِّيon my cheek
لا تسلْ عن مسيل دمعي بخدِّي
قتلَhas slain الدمعُthe tears صاحبthe owner of الأخدودthe trench
قتلَ الدمعُ صاحب الأخدود
Do not ask about the stream of my tears down my cheek:
Ask not what makes my streaming tears diffuse
the tears have slain the owner of the trench.
Down my cheeks - the tear itself confers!
كلّevery يومday تروعyou startle قلباًa heart خليًّاcarefree
كلّ يوم تروع قلباً خليًّا
ياO بديعwondrous in الحلىadornment بحسنwith beauty جديدnew
يا بديع الحلى بحسن جديد
Every day you startle a carefree heart,
Each day you terrify an untroubled heart
O wondrously adorned one, with new beauty.
With beauty ever new, perfection unsurpassed!
حبَّذاhow lovely فيamong حلاكyour charms لامُthe letter lām عذارٍcheek-down
حبَّذا في حلاك لامُ عذارٍ
لابْتداءِfor beginning الغرامpassion والتوكيدand emphasis
لابْتداءِ الغرام والتوكيد
How lovely among your charms is the lām of cheek-down,
How excellent your beauty, that love's smart
for beginning passion and giving it emphasis.
Should thus commence, and be confirmed at last!
لكyours is وجهٌa face يعزىis ascribed لهto it كلّall حسنٍbeauty
لك وجهٌ يعزى له كلّ حسنٍ
كاعْتزاءِas the attribution of العلىeminence إلىto محمودMahmud
كاعْتزاءِ العلى إلى محمود
Yours is a face to which all beauty is ascribed,
A face so lovely that all beauty's trace
as eminence is ascribed to Mahmud.
Is summed in it, as sins in one repentant tear.
سيدٌa lord فيin مديحهpraise of him بهجةthe delight of الصدtruth (beginning)
سيدٌ في مديحه بهجة الصد
قcompletes 'truth' كمثلِlike التسبيحglorification of God والتحميدand praise of God
ق كمثلِ التسبيح والتحميد
A lord in whose praise is the delight of truth,
A lord whose praise is worship and solace,
like glorifying and praising God.
Like glorifying God in prayer sincere!
وإمامٌand a leader أضحتhave come to be إلىtoward فضلهِhis bounty الأقthe pens (beginning)
وإمامٌ أضحت إلى فضلهِ الأق
لامcompletes 'pens' ماranging بينbetween ركعٍthose bowing وسجودand those prostrating
لام ما بين ركعٍ وسجود
And a leader toward whose bounty the pens have turned,
An imam whom all creatures venerate
bowing and prostrating.
For his perfection, between standing and bowed knee.
ليسthere is not فيهin him عيبٌa fault سوىexcept أنَّthat نعماbounty (beginning)
ليس فيه عيبٌ سوى أنَّ نعما
هُhis (completes 'his bounty') تفيدbestows on الأحرارfree men رِقّthe servitude of العبيدslaves
هُ تفيد الأحرار رِقّ العبيد
He has no fault, save that his bounty
His only fault - the favors he donations make
bestows on free men the bondage of slaves.
Serve to enslave the free, and set the slave less free!
ومعانيand the meanings of ألفاظهhis words تنفثbreathe السmagic (beginning)
ومعاني ألفاظه تنفث الس
حرَcompletes 'magic' علىdespite بعدهاtheir distance منfrom التعقيدcomplexity
حرَ على بعدها من التعقيد
And the meanings of his words breathe magic,
His eloquence exhales its subtle fire
despite their freedom from complexity.
Far from all chill obscurity aloft;
كلّevery سجعrhymed phrase يهيمis enraptured وهوthough it is مدادink
كلّ سجع يهيم وهو مداد
فوقَupon غصنِthe branch of اليراعthe reed pen بالتغريدwith warbling
فوقَ غصنِ اليراع بالتغريد
Every rhymed phrase is enraptured, though it is ink,
Each ode that sings his name tunes lyre on lyre
warbling on the reed pen's bough.
Above the branch, and carols sweet and soft.
وقريضand verse سلاceased longing بهthrough it كلّevery راوٍreciter
وقريض سلا به كلّ راوٍ
عنfor حبيبٍHabib وشابand turned gray رأسthe head of الوليدal-Walid
عن حبيبٍ وشاب رأس الوليد
And verse through which every reciter ceased longing
Each poem was composed at his desire
for Habib, and al-Walid's head turned gray.
Concerning a beloved, or Al-Walid's noble head.
خصَّwas singled out فيin وصفِdescribing لفظهhis diction وبهاهand his splendor
خصَّ في وصفِ لفظه وبهاه
بأمينٍas a trusted one علىover الورىmankind ورشيدand a rightly guided one
بأمينٍ على الورى ورشيد
In describing his diction and splendor, he was singled out
He wrote uniquely of his words' attire,
as one entrusted with mankind and rightly guided.
By the trust of peoples, and the rightly led!
وحمتهand defended him سطورهhis written lines بصفوفٍin ranks
وحمته سطوره بصفوفٍ
زحفتadvanced منfrom طروسهhis pages ببنودwith banners
زحفت من طروسه ببنود
And his lines defended him in ranks
His lines marched rank on rank, protected concentration
that advanced from his pages with banners.
Spearmen marched from his writing, with their banners bound.
فإذاso when جرَّدhe unsheathes اليراعthe reed pen فحدّثthen tell
فإذا جرَّد اليراع فحدّث
عنof سطاthe onslaught of كفهِhis hand حديثa tale of الجنودarmies
عن سطا كفهِ حديث الجنود
So when he unsheathes the reed pen, tell
When his pen bares itself, lo! its articulation -
of his hand's onslaught as one tells of armies.
Like soldiers' talk when ranks of war surround.
ياO أخاbrother of الفضلbounty لاlet not يعطلbe left unadorned فيat باdoor (beginning)
يا أخا الفضل لا يعطل في با
بكyour (completes 'your door') جيدٌa neck ومسمعٌand an ear منof عقودnecklaces
بك جيدٌ ومسمعٌ من عقود
O brother of bounty, let there not be at your
O brother of nobility, your habitation
door a neck or ear bereft of necklaces.
Still teems with bounty and assembled throngs!
أصبحhas become الدهرtime جنَّةًa garden بكthrough you زهراradiant (beginning)
أصبح الدهر جنَّةً بك زهرا
ءَcompletes 'radiant' فعشْso live فيamong الأنامِmankind عيشa life of الخلودimmortality
ءَ فعشْ في الأنامِ عيش الخلود
Through you, time has become a radiant garden;
The age turned, through you, to a garden, vegetation
so live among mankind a life of immortality.
Resplendent, so live on earth immortal long!
لوif تصدَّىundertook عبدAbd (name element) الحميدal-Hamid (name element) لعلياtoward the heights (beginning)
لو تصدَّى عبد الحميد لعليا
كَyour (completes 'your heights') لَلَجَّتْwould surely persist أسبابهاtheir paths فيin الصعودascent
كَ لَلَجَّتْ أسبابها في الصعود
Were Abd al-Hamid to strive toward your heights,
Had Abdul Hamid sung your highest acclamation,
the paths to them would persist in ascending;
His raptures heavenward would have winged their flight!
ورَباand would grow كلّevery ساعةٍhour فضلكyour excellence الجabundant (beginning)
ورَبا كلّ ساعةٍ فضلك الج
مّcompletes 'abundant' وعبدwhile Abd (name element) الحميدal-Hamid (name element) عبدAbd (name element) الحميدal-Hamid (name element)
مّ وعبد الحميد عبد الحميد
and your abundant excellence would grow each hour,
Each moment's favor turns your approbation
while Abd al-Hamid remained Abd al-Hamid.
To verse, and Abdul Hamid lauds the noble sight!
بكَthrough you فازتْtriumphed يديmy hand وأنجبَand bore fruit ظنِّيmy expectation
بكَ فازتْ يدي وأنجبَ ظنِّي
وزكاand flourished مقصديmy purpose وسارand spread قصيديmy poem
وزكا مقصدي وسار قصيدي
Through you my hand triumphed, and my expectation bore fruit;
Through you my hands have gained the celebration,
my purpose flourished, and my poem spread.
And my surmise bears fruit, and ends my poem's blight.
كُنَّthey were موتىdead بناتthe daughters of فكرِيmy thought ولكنand yet
كُنَّ موتى بنات فكرِي ولكن
بعثتwere raised to life منfrom مقامكyour station المحمودthe praised
بعثت من مقامك المحمود
The daughters of my thought were dead, but
My thoughts' daughters once dead, now have animation
they were raised to life from your praised station.
Through your abode of glory infinite!
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.