وصفراءand a yellow wine كالدينارlike a dinar بنتdaughter ثلاثةthree
وصفراء كالدينار بنت ثلاثة
شمالٍa north wind وانهارٍand rivers ودهرand an age محرمِhallowed
شمالٍ وانهارٍ ودهر محرمِ
And a yellow wine like a dinar, daughter of three:
Yellow like a gold coin, daughter of three lands
A north wind, rivers, and a hallowed age;
North, rivers, and a forbidden lifetime
مسرةjoy محزونa sorrowful person وعذرand an excuse معربدa drunken reveler
مسرة محزون وعذر معربد
وكبرand the pride مجوسيa Magian وفتنةand the temptation مسلمِa Muslim
وكبر مجوسي وفتنة مسلمِ
Joy for the sorrowful, and an excuse for a drunken reveler;
A joyful sorrow, an eloquent excuse
And a Magian's pride, and a Muslim's temptation.
Zoroastrian arrogance and Muslim sedition
نهضتI rose إليهاtoward her والظلامand the darkness كأنهas though it were
نهضت إليها والظلام كأنه
معاشlivelihood فقيرa poor man اوor فؤادheart معلمِa schoolmaster
معاش فقير او فؤاد معلمِ
I rose toward her, while the darkness was like
I rose to her as the darkness was like
A poor man's livelihood, or a schoolmaster's heart.
A poor man's livelihood or a learned heart
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.