عَلّامةgreat scholar الرومRum قاضيjudge of العسكرينthe two armies بِهاin it
عَلّامة الروم قاضي العسكرين بِها
مَنone whose حُكمهُhis judgment فيin القَضاياlegal cases تابعfollowing القَدرِfate
مَن حُكمهُ في القَضايا تابع القَدرِ
Rum’s great scholar, judge of the two armies there,
The sage of Rome, the judge of armies by it
Whose judgment in legal cases follows fate;
The one whose judgment in lawsuits follows fate
عَبدُAbd (servant of) الحَليمal-Halim (the Forbearing) أَخيAkhi (name element) زادةَzade (son of) الَّذيwhose تُلِيَتwere recited
عَبدُ الحَليم أَخي زادةَ الَّذي تُلِيَت
فِيناamong us مَناقِبُهُhis virtues كَالآيِlike Quranic verses وَالسُورِand surahs
فِينا مَناقِبُهُ كَالآيِ وَالسُورِ
Abd al-Halim Akhizade—recited are
Abdul Halim, my brother Zadah, who were recited
His virtues among us, like Quranic verses and surahs.
His virtues among us like verses and chapters
مُحمّدُMuhammad الإِسمby name مَيمونُblessed النَقيبةdisposition فيin
مُحمّدُ الإِسم مَيمونُ النَقيبة في
أسِرَّةِlineaments of الوَجهthe face مِنهُof him طَلعةُcountenance of القَمَرِthe moon
أسِرَّةِ الوَجه مِنهُ طَلعةُ القَمَرِ
Muhammad by name, blessed in disposition; in
Muhammad is the name, fortunate the surname, his
The lineaments of his face is the moon’s countenance.
Face, a crescent moon rising from its wrapping
لِلّهِto God ماwhat فِقَرٌpassages فيon الطِرسِthe page تَحسبُهاyou deem them
لِلّهِ ما فِقَرٌ في الطِرسِ تَحسبُها
وَسطَamid البَياضthe whiteness سَوادَthe blackness of العَينِthe eye وَالبَصَرِand of sight
وَسطَ البَياض سَوادَ العَينِ وَالبَصَرِ
God be praised—what passages on the page! You would deem them
By God, no poverty in physique one would reckon
Amid the whiteness, the eye’s dark pupil and sight itself;
Amidst the whiteness, the blackness of eye and sight
أَوor كَالرياضlike gardens كَستهاclothed them السُحبُthe clouds ساريَةًpassing by night
أَو كَالرياض كَستها السُحبُ ساريَةً
مَطارفَcloaks of الوَشيِbrocade أَوor موشيةembroidered الحبَرِstriped cloth
مَطارفَ الوَشيِ أَو موشية الحبَرِ
Or like gardens that clouds, passing by night, have clothed
Or like gardens overwhelmed by drifting clouds
In cloaks of brocade or embroidered striped cloth.
Edges adorned or pages illuminated in ink
مِثلlike الكَواكبthe stars ليلاًat night قَدindeed طَلعنthey have risen عَلىabove
مِثل الكَواكب ليلاً قَد طَلعن عَلى
نَهرthe river of المَجرَّةthe Milky Way أَوor كَالرَوضlike a garden ذيpossessing الزَهَرِblossoms
نَهر المَجرَّة أَو كَالرَوض ذي الزَهَرِ
Like stars at night that have risen above
Like stars appeared at night over
The Milky Way’s river, or like a garden in bloom.
The Milky Way’s stream or a garden full of flowers
تَودُّshe longs لَوif only حَلَّتِshe loosened الجَوزاءَOrion مِنout of شَغَفٍpassion
تَودُّ لَو حَلَّتِ الجَوزاءَ مِن شَغَفٍ
فيهاfor them النِطاقthe girdle وَإِنand even if أَمسَتshe became عَلىin خَطَرِperil
فيها النِطاق وَإِن أَمسَت عَلى خَطَرِ
Orion longs to loosen, out of passion
She wishes if Gemini descended from yearning
For them, her girdle, even if she should face peril.
For it the belt, even if it risks danger
كَأَنَّas though دُرَّpearls of يواقيتِrubies of الحسانِbeautiful women بِهِupon it
كَأَنَّ دُرَّ يواقيتِ الحسانِ بِهِ
قَدindeed رُصِّعَتwere inlaid فيin الحَواشيthe margins مَوضعin the place of الظُفُرِthe fingernail
قَد رُصِّعَت في الحَواشي مَوضع الظُفُرِ
As though, upon it, pearls from fair women’s rubies
As if pearls of beauty's necklaces on him
Had been inlaid along the margins, in the fingernail’s place.
Were set in the margins in place of the nails
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.