لئنif indeed جلاhe departed وأقمناand we remained إنَّهindeed he لفتىًsurely a noble youth
لئن جلا وأقمنا إنَّه لفتىً
أمسىhe came to evening وكلُّand every مقيمٍone who remains بعدهafter him جاليan exile
أمسى وكلُّ مقيمٍ بعده جالي
Though he departed and we remained, he is surely a noble youth;
Though he departed, if we stayed it's because
By evening, all who remained after him were exiles.
He is a youth who, when he left, left all behind lamenting
أماindeed لئنif indeed هِيجَwas stirred بلبالُanguish القلوبِof hearts بهby him
أما لئن هِيجَ بلبالُ القلوبِ به
لكمْhow often indeed كفاهاhe spared them قديماًin days past هَيْجthe stirring of بلبالِanguish
لكمْ كفاها قديماً هَيْج بلبالِ
Indeed, though hearts' anguish was stirred by him,
Yet if passions in hearts for him were stirred
How often in days past he spared them anguish's stirrings!
Long ago passions were stirred by similar disturbance
منone who لمdid not تلدْbear مثلهhis like أرضٌany earth ولاnor ثكلتْlose a child
من لم تلدْ مثله أرضٌ ولا ثكلتْ
والأرضُand the earth جِدُّexceedingly ولودٍprolific in childbearing جدُّexceedingly مِثكالoften bereaved of children
والأرضُ جِدُّ ولودٍ جدُّ مِثكال
One whose like no earth has borne or lost,
None like him was born of earth, nor did she
Though the earth bears so many children and is so often bereaved.
Wean one like him; and earth breeds noble breeds
نأىhe went far away ولمand did not ينأَgo far away نأياًa distance ينطويcan be traversed أبداًever
نأى ولم ينأَ نأياً ينطوي أبداً
لزائريهِfor his visitors بنصٍّat full speed أوor بإرقالِat a swift trot
لزائريهِ بنصٍّ أو بإرقالِ
He went far away—but not a distance ever to be crossed
He kept his distance, but his distance was not
By his visitors, at full speed or at a swift trot.
Ever beyond reach; he is there for all who seek
وماand not أخٌa brother بقريبٍat all near حينَwhen تحجُبُهconceals him
وما أخٌ بقريبٍ حينَ تحجُبُه
نبائثُexcavated soil الأرضِof the earth فيin مُنهالهhis crumbling grave الجالِthe side
نبائثُ الأرضِ في مُنهاله الجالِ
Nor is a brother near when he is concealed
No kinsman finds a relative when he lies buried
By the excavated earth in his crumbling-sided grave.
Under earth's rubble in his lonely tomb
إذاwhen الثرىthe soil قِيدَa distance of نصفَhalf of الرمحِthe spear غيَّبهhides him
إذا الثرى قِيدَ نصفَ الرمحِ غيَّبه
فقدthen indeed هَوىhe has fallen فيinto مهاوٍabysses ذاتِpossessing أهوالِterrors
فقد هَوى في مهاوٍ ذاتِ أهوالِ
When earth hides him half a spear's length down,
When the earth imprisons half a spear's length down
Then he has indeed fallen into abysses full of terrors.
He plunged into a depth fraught with terrors
حسبُenough for الخليلينthe two close friends نأيseparation الأرضthe earth بينهماbetween them both
حسبُ الخليلين نأي الأرض بينهما
هذاthis one عليهاupon it وهذاand this one تحتهاbeneath it باليdecaying
هذا عليها وهذا تحتها بالي
For two friends, the earth between them is distance enough:
As for the two intimates-earth's breadth severs them
This one upon it, that one beneath it, decaying.
One above it and one below it in his misery
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.