ياO شِراعاًa sail وَراءَbeyond دِجلَةَthe Tigris يَجريglides
يا شِراعاً وَراءَ دِجلَةَ يَجري
فيin دُموعيmy tears تَجَنَّبَتكَmay they spare you العَواديmisfortunes
في دُموعي تَجَنَّبَتكَ العَوادي
O sail gliding beyond the Tigris,
O sail behind the Tigris flowing
In my tears—may misfortunes spare you.
In my tears, the paths avoided you
سِرgo عَلىupon الماءِthe water كَالمَسيحِlike Christ رُوَيداًgently
سِر عَلى الماءِ كَالمَسيحِ رُوَيداً
وَاِجرِand glide فيin اليَمِّthe sea كَالشُعاعِlike a ray of light الهاديguiding
وَاِجرِ في اليَمِّ كَالشُعاعِ الهادي
Go gently upon the water, like Christ,
Walk on the water steadily like Christ
And glide through the sea like a guiding ray.
And flow in the sea like the guiding ray
وَأتِand reach قاعاًa plain كَرَفرَفِlike the carpet of الخُلدِeternal Heaven طيباًpleasant
وَأتِ قاعاً كَرَفرَفِ الخُلدِ طيباً
أَوor كَفِردَوسِهِlike its Paradise بَشاشَةَgladness واديa valley
أَو كَفِردَوسِهِ بَشاشَةَ وادي
And reach a plain as pleasant as Heaven's carpet,
And come to the ground, fragrant like eternity
Or like its Paradise in a valley's gladness.
Or like its paradise, a happy valley
قِفstop تَمَهَّلlinger وَخُذand obtain أَماناًsafety لِقَلبيfor my heart
قِف تَمَهَّل وَخُذ أَماناً لِقَلبي
مِنfrom عُيونِeyes of المَهاthe oryxes وَراءَbeyond السَوادِthe Sawad (Iraqi plains)
مِن عُيونِ المَها وَراءَ السَوادِ
Stop, linger, and secure safety for my heart
Stop, wait, and take safety for my heart
From the oryxes' eyes beyond the Sawad.
From the eyes of temptation beyond the gloom
وَالنُواسِيُّand al-Nuwasi وَالنَدامىand the boon companions أَمنِهِمis there among them?
وَالنُواسِيُّ وَالنَدامى أَمنِهِم
سامِرٌa night reveler يَملَأُfills الدُجىthe darkness أَوor نادِa gathering
سامِرٌ يَملَأُ الدُجى أَو نادِ
And al-Nuwasi and the boon companions—is there among them
And the forgetful and the regretful, give them safety
A night reveler who fills the darkness, or a gathering?
A night companion fills the darkness or a friend
خَطَرَتpranced فَوقَهُover it المِهارَةُthe colts تَعدوgalloping
خَطَرَت فَوقَهُ المِهارَةُ تَعدو
فيin غُبارِdust of الآباءِthe fathers وَالأَجدادِand the forefathers
في غُبارِ الآباءِ وَالأَجدادِ
The colts pranced over it, galloping
Above it the skill strode
In the dust of fathers and forefathers.
In the dust of ancestors and forefathers
أُمَّةٌa nation تُنشِئُbrings into being الحَياةَlife وَتَبنيand builds
أُمَّةٌ تُنشِئُ الحَياةَ وَتَبني
كَبِناءِlike the building of الأُبُوَّةِthe forefathers الأَمجادِglories
كَبِناءِ الأُبُوَّةِ الأَمجادِ
A nation brings life into being and builds
A nation that builds life and constructs
Glories as its forefathers built them,
Like the building of glorious fatherhood
تَحتَbeneath تاجٍa crown مِنَof القَرابَةِkinship وَالمُلand kingship (word beginning)
تَحتَ تاجٍ مِنَ القَرابَةِ وَالمُل
كِcompletion of 'kingship' عَلىupon فَرقِthe crown of the head أَريحِيٍّa magnanimous man جَوادِgenerous
كِ عَلى فَرقِ أَريحِيٍّ جَوادِ
Beneath a crown of kinship and kingship,
Under a crown of kinship and kingdom
Upon the head of a magnanimous, generous man,
On the heads of an Arabian steed
مَلكking الشَطِّthe Shatt وَالفُراتَينِand the Tigris and Euphrates وَالبَطand the Batha (word beginning)
مَلك الشَطِّ وَالفُراتَينِ وَالبَط
حاءِcompletion of 'Batha' أَعظِمhow great! بِفَيصَلٍFaisal (exclamatory complement) وَالبِلادِand the land
حاءِ أَعظِم بِفَيصَلٍ وَالبِلادِ
King of the Shatt, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Batha—
King of the shore and two rivers, and the hero
How great are Faisal and the land!
Greatest with Faisal and the countries
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.