اصاحبO friend لوif سمعتyou heard كلامwords حبيmy beloved
اصاحب لو سمعت كلام حبي
لقلتyou would say الطيرthe birds فيin الاغصانthe branches ناغاwarbled
لقلت الطير في الاغصان ناغا
O friend, if you heard my beloved's words,
If my beloved heard my words of love
You would say the birds were warbling among the branches.
He'd say the birds in the branches sing
كلامspeech كالرحيقlike nectar بكلin every قلبheart
كلام كالرحيق بكل قلب
لقدindeed جعلhas made الالهGod لهfor it مساغاan easy passage
لقد جعل الاله له مساغا
Speech like nectar—in every heart
Words like sweet nectar to every heart
God has indeed made an easy passage for it.
God made it pleasant and appealing
اذاwhen امعنتyou examine closely فيهinto it رقيقdelicate نظمverse
اذا امعنت فيه رقيق نظم
ترىyou see فيهin it البلاغةeloquence والبلاغاand communication
ترى فيه البلاغة والبلاغا
When you look deeply into its delicate verse,
If you examine its delicate composition
You find in it eloquence and clear communication.
You see in it eloquence and rhetoric
وربand many a عويذلpetty reproacher لكنyet جهولutterly ignorant
ورب عويذل لكن جهول
عناداout of obstinacy عنfrom طريقthe path الحقthe truth راغاturned aside
عنادا عن طريق الحق راغا
And many a petty reproacher, yet utterly ignorant,
Yet many a fool stubbornly
Has stubbornly turned aside from the path of truth.
Strays from the path of truth
يؤملhe hopes اننيthat I اعطيهI give him سمعاa hearing
يؤمل انني اعطيه سمعا
وعنهand against him رصصتI packed shut فيin اذنيmy ear فراغاan empty space
وعنه رصصت في اذني فراغا
He hopes that I will lend him an ear,
Hoping I'll lend him an ear
Yet against him I have sealed the hollow in my ear.
While I block mine to his nonsense
ولمand did not يعلمknow بانthat السمعthe hearing منيof mine
ولم يعلم بان السمع مني
عقودnecklaces كلامwords منthe one whom اهواهI love him صاغاfashioned
عقود كلام من اهواه صاغا
And he did not know that my hearing
Not knowing that my hearing
Had fashioned necklaces from the words of the one I love.
Is for words from my darling's lips
ايهملdoes anyone neglect? شأنthe affairs اهلpeople of الودaffection الاexcept
ايهمل شأن اهل الود الا
فتىa young man عنfrom سنةthe way الاحبابthe lovers زاغاstrayed
فتى عن سنة الاحباب زاغا
Does anyone neglect the affairs of loving folk, except
Only one who scorns his lovers
A young man who has strayed from the lovers' way?
Would stray from the ways of beloveds
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.