لماwhen خطبتُI proposed marriage إلىto خليعةَKhaliʿa نفسهاher own self
لما خطبتُ إلى خليعةَ نفسها
قالتshe said خليعةKhaliʿa ماnot أرىI see لكfor you ماwealth (first fragment) لاwealth (second fragment)
قالت خليعة ما أرى لك ما لا
When I asked Khaliʿa for her hand,
When I proposed to an unchaste soul
Khaliʿa said, “I see you have no wealth.”
She said, "I see you have nothing for me"
أودىhas brought ruin بماليto my wealth ياO خليعُKhaliʿa (shortened vocative) تكرُّميmy generosity
أودى بمالي يا خليعُ تكرُّمي
وتخرُّقيand my lavish spending وتحمُّليand my shouldering الأثقالاthe burdens
وتخرُّقي وتحمُّلي الأثقالا
“My generosity, O Khaliʿa, has consumed my wealth,
Spend your money freely, oh unchaste one
as have my lavish spending and my shouldering of burdens.
Be extravagant and bear heavy burdens
إنيindeed I وجدِّكِby your grandfather لوif شهدتِyou had witnessed مواقفيmy stands in battle
إني وجدِّكِ لو شهدتِ مواقفي
بالسفحِat al-Safh يومَon the day أُجِلّلI cloak الأبطالاthe champions
بالسفحِ يومَ أُجِلّل الأبطالا
Indeed, by your grandfather, had you witnessed my stands
If you had witnessed my battles
at al-Safh, the day I cloaked the champions
On the slopes the day heroes were crowned
سيفيmy sword لسرَّكِit would have pleased you أنthat تكونيyou should be خادماًa servant
سيفي لسرَّكِ أن تكوني خادماً
عنديwith me إذاwhen كرهِdreaded الكماةُthe armored warriors نِزالاcombat
عندي إذا كرهِ الكماةُ نِزالا
in my sword, you would have been glad to be a servant
My sword would have delighted you to be
of mine, when armored warriors shrank from combat.”
My servant, though archers disdained combat
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.