شكتcomplained منof شيبتيmy gray hair عينُthe eye of الفتاةthe maiden
شكت من شيبتي عينُ الفتاة
فياso, O لكِfor you (feminine) ثمّthen ياO لكِfor you (feminine) منas a قذَاةmote in the eye
فيا لكِ ثمّ يا لكِ من قذَاة
The maiden’s eye complained of my gray hair.
The eye of the young woman complained of my gray hair
Ah, what a mote you are—then again, what a mote!
Oh, what a nuisance you are, what an annoyance!
وعفتand I disdained الظبيَthe gazelle أيضاًtoo لاnot لفكرٍfor a thought
وعفت الظبيَ أيضاً لا لفكرٍ
يطالبناdemands of us الودادaffection بلاwithout التفاتa glance
يطالبنا الوداد بلا التفات
And I, too, disdained the gazelle—not for a thought
The young gazelle also shied away, not out of thought
That demands affection of us without a glance.
Love calls us without paying attention
وكفّرand expiated ذنبَthe sin of أغزالٍlove poems تقضتthat have passed
وكفّر ذنبَ أغزالٍ تقضت
ختامُthe conclusion of المدحpraise فيconcerning قاضيthe judge of القضاةthe judges
ختامُ المدح في قاضي القضاة
And the sin of bygone love poems was expiated
The sin of playful gazelles was atoned for
By the closing praise of the Judge of Judges.
Praise culminates in the Judge of Judges
فماso how أسرىnoble معاليthe heights of المدحpraise دُرًّاpearls
فما أسرى معالي المدح دُرًّا
أنظّمهI string it علىupon تاجthe crown of السرَاةِthe nobles
أنظّمه على تاج السرَاةِ
How noble are the heights of praise—pearls
The sublime praise did not reveal its pearls
I string upon the crown of the nobles!
That I would string on the crown of the elite
إمامٌan imam خزرجيّKhazraji البيتthe house (lineage) طافتhave circled
إمامٌ خزرجيّ البيت طافت
علىaround أركانهhis pillars فرَقُbands of العفاةِsupplicants seeking bounty
على أركانه فرَقُ العفاةِ
An imam of Khazraji lineage; there have circled
An honored Imam whose house the pious
Around his pillars bands of supplicants.
Circled around its pillars
لهمthey have هممٌaspirations بهاthrough them فيin الفضلexcellence ترويrecount
لهم هممٌ بها في الفضل تروي
عواليهhis lofty merits الثقاةُthe trustworthy عنon the authority of الثقاةthe trustworthy
عواليه الثقاةُ عن الثقاة
They have lofty aims, through which, in matters of excellence, are recounted
They have lofty aspirations through which quench
His lofty merits by the trustworthy, from the trustworthy.
Their thirst the trustworthy from the trusted
حلاوةthe sweetness of مدحهpraise of him فيamong الطيبperfumes شاعتhas spread
حلاوة مدحه في الطيب شاعت
ولاand not سِيماthe like of (together: especially) بشكريّin sugar-sweet النباتplant growth
ولا سِيما بشكريّ النبات
The sweetness of praising him has spread among perfumes,
The sweetness of his praise in goodness spread
And especially in sugar-sweet growth.
Especially with the thanks of vegetation
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.