ألاAh! قبّحmay disgrace الرحمنُthe Merciful داحةَDāḥa أمرداa beardless youth
ألا قبّح الرحمنُ داحةَ أمردا
أرادhe wished اقتداءٌemulation بالرقاشيّof al-Raqāshī فاقتدىso he followed his example
أراد اقتداءٌ بالرقاشيّ فاقتدى
Ah, may the Merciful disgrace Dāḥa, the beardless youth!
Oh how wretched is the one who tried to emulate Al-Raqqashi
May the Merciful curse Daha, that beardless youth,
He wished to emulate al-Raqāshī, and so he did.
Attempting to follow his example, yet went astray
He sought to emulate Al-Raqashi, and so he emulated;
ترنّمُhe sang melodiously بالأزجالِin rhymed songs حينwhen نحتّهُyou carved him
ترنّمُ بالأزجالِ حين نحتّهُ
ولوand if نكتهُyou fucked him فيin الجوفِthe belly يوماone day لقصّداhe would have composed odes
ولو نكتهُ في الجوفِ يوما لقصّدا
He sang rhymed songs when you carved him;
He sang vulgar tunes thinking them sweet melody
He croons with folk-song rhythms when he is merely hewn,
And had you fucked him in the belly one day, he would have composed odes.
Had he but lodged them inside, he'd surely have aimed straight
But were he pierced to the hollow one day, he would declaim a formal ode.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model. Gemini 3.5 Flash is a user-supplied attribution. The original record does not identify its model.