لَبّاكَanswered your call عَبدُكَyour servant مُخلِصاwith sincere devotion
لَبّاكَ عَبدُكَ مُخلِصا
وَبَكىand wept دَماًblood عَدَدَequal in number to الحَصىthe pebbles
وَبَكى دَماً عَدَدَ الحَصى
Your servant answered your call with sincere devotion,
Your servant answers your call sincerely
And wept as many drops of blood as there are pebbles.
And weeps blood as plentiful as pebbles
عَبداًa servant أَطاعَكَobeyed you قَلبُهُhis heart
عَبداً أَطاعَكَ قَلبُهُ
لَيسَnot المُطيعُthe obedient one كَمَنlike one who عَصىdisobeyed
لَيسَ المُطيعُ كَمَن عَصى
A servant whose heart obeyed you—
A servant whose heart obeys you
The obedient is not like one who disobeyed.
Not like one who disobeys
أَغرَتincited مَحاسِنُكَyour beauties السَقاsickness (continued next line)
أَغرَت مَحاسِنُكَ السَقا
مَcompletion of 'sickness' بِهِagainst him فَعَمَّso it afflicted all وَخَصَّصاand singled him out
مَ بِهِ فَعَمَّ وَخَصَّصا
Your beauties incited sickness
Your beauty has blinded the water-drawer
Against him; it afflicted all, and him in particular.
It has become general and specific to him
رامَsought التَخَلُّصَrelease مِنfrom هَواlove
رامَ التَخَلُّصَ مِن هَوا
كَfor you فَماbut not أَطاقَwas able to تَخَلُّصاescape
كَ فَما أَطاقَ تَخَلُّصا
He sought to free himself from love
He wanted to free himself of passion for you
For you, but could find no release.
But could not manage to free himself
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.