نِعمَhow fine الفَتىthe young man اِبنُson of الأَعمَشِal-A‘mash الغَثُّscrawny الذَفِرfoul-smelling
نِعمَ الفَتى اِبنُ الأَعمَشِ الغَثُّ الذَفِر
لَولاwere it not for الحِلاقُhead-shaving وَالجُنونُand madness وَالبَخَرand foul breath
لَولا الحِلاقُ وَالجُنونُ وَالبَخَر
What a fine youth is the scrawny, reeking son of al-A‘mash,
What a fine lad 'the son of Al-A'mash', unkempt and disheveled
Were it not for head-shaving, madness, and foul breath!
If not for the barber and his madness and perfume
كَأَنَّماas though أَسنانُهُhis teeth إِذاwhen كَشَرhe bared his teeth
كَأَنَّما أَسنانُهُ إِذا كَشَر
حَبٌّseeds مِنَfrom القَرعِthe gourd مُؤَدَّرٌswollen نَخِرrotten
حَبٌّ مِنَ القَرعِ مُؤَدَّرٌ نَخِر
His teeth, when he bares them, look like
When he grins his teeth are like
Swollen, rotten gourd seeds.
Dated seeds of gourd, decayed and hollow
ياoh حَبَّذاhow splendid أُمُّكَyour mother إِمراةُthe woman of البَشَرmankind
يا حَبَّذا أُمُّكَ إِمراةُ البَشَر
وَجُزِيَتand may she be rewarded صالِحَةًa good reward عَنِon behalf of الكَمَرthe penis-heads
وَجُزِيَت صالِحَةً عَنِ الكَمَر
Ah, how splendid your mother—the woman of all mankind!
Blessed was your mother, the most virtuous of womankind
And may she receive a good reward on behalf of the penis-heads.
May she be rewarded with goodness for the fruit she bore
مَنwhoever غالَdid harm بَعدَafter صَدعِهاher splitting فَلاthen may he not اِنجَبَرbe mended
مَن غالَ بَعدَ صَدعِها فَلا اِنجَبَر
Whoever does harm after her splitting—may he never mend.
He who errs after her guidance can never make amends
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.