ذَهَبتِyou brought ruin عَلىupon صَبٍّa lovesick man شَكاhe complained of أَلَمَthe pain of الهَوىlove
ذَهَبتِ عَلى صَبٍّ شَكا أَلَمَ الهَوى
كَماjust as ذَهَبَتcame to ruin أَرضٌland وَطِئتِyou trod تُرابَهاits dust
كَما ذَهَبَت أَرضٌ وَطِئتِ تُرابَها
You brought ruin upon a lovesick man who complained of love’s pain,
You went away in youth, he complained of love's pain
just as land whose dust you trod came to ruin.
As ground that you trod goes, its soil to retain
وَكانَand he was يُرَجّيhoping for نَفعَthe benefit of شَكواهُhis complaint إِذwhen شَكاhe complained
وَكانَ يُرَجّي نَفعَ شَكواهُ إِذ شَكا
إِلَيكِto you فَقَدso indeed أَمسىhe has become يَخافُafraid of عِقابَهاpunishment for it
إِلَيكِ فَقَد أَمسى يَخافُ عِقابَها
And he had hoped his complaint would help when he complained
He hoped that his plaints might yet profit him when
to you; now he has come to fear punishment for it.
To you he complained; but now fears your disdain
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.