ياAh ربmany a غانيةbeauty بيضاءwhite-skinned تصحبنيshe brings me
يا رب غانية بيضاء تصحبني
منof العتابreproach كؤوساًcups ليسnot تنساغُgo down easily
من العتاب كؤوساً ليس تنساغُ
Ah, many a white-skinned beauty brings me
O Lord, a white glowing companion accompanies me,
cups of reproach that will not go down.
Cups of reproach do not appease,
أشتاقI long for طرتهاher forelock أمor صدغهاher sidelock ومعيand beside me
أشتاق طرتها أم صدغها ومعي
منone whose كلهاwhole person طررforelocks سوردunclear; possibly 'black' واصداغand sidelocks
من كلها طرر سورد واصداغ
Should I long for her forelock or her sidelock, when beside me is
I yearn for its melody or its cheeks, and with me,
one whose whole body is black [reading uncertain] forelocks and sidelocks?
Are sparks of chalcedony and ruby from all of it.
كأنناas though we were لاnot أتاحpermitted اللهGod فرقتناour separation
كأننا لا أتاح الله فرقتنا
ياO لعبةdoll المسكmusk بازa falcon تحتهbeneath it زاغa crow
يا لعبة المسك باز تحته زاغ
We are like—may God never let us part—
It's as if God did not allow our separation,
O doll of musk, a falcon with a crow beneath it.
O game of musk underneath which a serpent crept.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.