يرتاحtakes delight للنَّيْلوْفرin the water lily القلبthe heart الذيthat
يرتاح للنَّيْلوْفر القلب الذي
لاnot يستفيقrecovers منfrom الغرامpassion وَجَهْدِهِand its torment
لا يستفيق من الغرام وَجَهْدِهِ
The heart takes delight in the water lily—the heart that
The heart that does not awaken from passion and its toil
does not recover from passion and its torment.
Finds comfort in the water lily.
والوردand the rose أصبحhas become فيin الروائحfragrances عبدَهits slave
والورد أصبح في الروائح عبدَه
والنرجسand the narcissus النِّيليُّindigo-blue خادمُservant عبدِهِits slave
والنرجس النِّيليُّ خادمُ عبدِهِ
And the rose has become its slave in fragrance,
The rose has become a servant to its fragrance
and the indigo-blue narcissus the servant of its slave.
And the blue narcissus a servant to its master.
ياoh حسنهits beauty فيin بركةٍa pool قدalready أصبحتْhas become
يا حسنه في بركةٍ قد أصبحتْ
محشوَّةfilled مسكاًmusk يُشابis mingled بندِّهِwith its fragrant incense
محشوَّة مسكاً يُشاب بندِّهِ
Oh, how lovely it is in a pool that has become
Oh, her beauty in a pool that has become
filled with musk mingled with its fragrant incense!
Filled with musk mixed with ambergris.
وكأنهand it is as though فيهاin it وقدand having already لحظglimpsed الصِّباyouthful passion
وكأنه فيها وقد لحظ الصِّبا
ورمىand cast aside المنامsleep بِبعْدهwith his aloofness وبصدِّهِand with his rejection
ورمى المنام بِبعْده وبصدِّهِ
And there it is as though, having glimpsed youthful passion
As if in it, when the morning breeze glanced,
and cast sleep aside with aloofness and rejection,
It threw sleep away with its coolness.
مهجورُforsaken حبٍّlove ظلkept يرفعraising رأسهhis head
مهجورُ حبٍّ ظل يرفع رأسه
كالمستجيرlike one seeking refuge بربّهwith his Lord منfrom صدِّهِhis rebuff
كالمستجير بربّه من صدِّهِ
it were a forsaken lover who kept raising his head,
Forsaken love that kept raising its head
like one seeking refuge with his Lord from his beloved’s rebuff.
Like one seeking refuge in his Lord from his rejection.
وكأنهand it is as though إذwhen غابvanished عندat مسائهits evening
وكأنه إذ غاب عند مسائه
فيin الماءthe water وانحجبتand was veiled نضارةfreshness قدِّهِits slender form
في الماء وانحجبت نضارة قدِّهِ
And it is as though, when it vanished at evening
As if when he was absent at nightfall
in the water, and the freshness of its slender form was veiled,
In the water, and the brightness of his complexion faded.
صبٌّa lovesick man يهدِّدهthreatens him الحبيبthe beloved بهجرهwith abandoning him
صبٌّ يهدِّده الحبيب بهجره
ظلماًunjustly فعرَّقso he made … sweat نفسهhimself منfrom وجدِهِhis longing
ظلماً فعرَّق نفسه من وجدِهِ
it were a lovesick man whose beloved threatens to abandon him
A love struck one whom the beloved threatens with abandonment
unjustly—so he made himself sweat from his longing.
Unjustly, so he sweated from his passion.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.