ياO قَلبِmy heart ماwhat لَكَis with you لاnot تَناهىyou desist
يا قَلبِ ما لَكَ لا تَناهى
عَنfrom خُلَّةٍa beloved شَحَطَتgrew distant نَواهاher remoteness
عَن خُلَّةٍ شَحَطَت نَواها
O my heart, why do you not desist
O my heart, why do you not cease
from a beloved now so far away?
Yearning for a beauty who wandered in her fancy?
لَهفيmy anguish وَياand O أَسَفيmy sorrow عَلَيـfor
لَهفي وَيا أَسَفي عَلَيـ
ـهاher كَيفَhow لاnot يُبكيmakes one weep هَواهاlove for her
ـها كَيفَ لا يُبكي هَواها
Ah, my anguish, and my sorrow for
My anguish - how I grieve
her! How could love for her not bring tears?
For her! How can her lover not weep for her?
أُمسيI spend the evening بِغَيرِin other than بِلادِهاher land
أُمسي بِغَيرِ بِلادِها
ماnot إِنindeed (emphatic) أُريدُI desire بِهاin it سِواهاanyone but her
ما إِن أُريدُ بِها سِواها
I spend the evening in a land other than hers;
I spent the evening far from her land.
I want no one there but her.
I wanted none but her.
لَهفيmy anguish لِبُعدِat the distance of فِراقِهاparting from her
لَهفي لِبُعدِ فِراقِها
ياO لَيتَwould that قَلبيmy heart قَدalready تَناهىdesisted
يا لَيتَ قَلبي قَد تَناهى
Ah, my anguish at the distance her parting brings!
My anguish - because we're parted!
Would that my heart had desisted!
O if only my heart had ceased!
هَيهاتَimpossible كَيفَhow وَلَوand even if يُقاis told (continued)
هَيهاتَ كَيفَ وَلَو يُقا
لُend of 'is told' تَخَيَّرَنَّdo choose لَماit would not عَداهاpass her by
لُ تَخَيَّرَنَّ لَما عَداها
Impossible! How could it, when, even if told,
Alas, how could it, even were I to say:
'Choose,' it would not pass her by?
“Make your choice - let it be none but her!”
لَوif كانَwere قَلبيmy heart يَستَطيـis able (continued)
لَو كانَ قَلبي يَستَطيـ
ـعُend of 'is able' يَطيرُfly مِنfrom شَوقٍlonging أَتاهاit would come to her
ـعُ يَطيرُ مِن شَوقٍ أَتاها
If my heart could
If only my heart could
fly out of longing, it would come to her.
Fly on wings of passion to her!
بانَتshe departed بَعَقلِwith the mind of مُتَيَّمٍone enslaved by love
بانَت بَعَقلِ مُتَيَّمٍ
صَبِّlovesick الفُؤادِthe heart قَدalready اِرتَجاهاhe hoped for her
صَبِّ الفُؤادِ قَد اِرتَجاها
She departed, carrying off the mind of one enslaved by love,
She appeared in place untrodden,
lovesick at heart, who had hoped for her.
Pouring passion into my heart that longed for her.
فَتراهُso you see him يَدعوhe calls بِاِسمِهاby her name
فَتراهُ يَدعو بِاِسمِها
كَيماso that يُجابَhe may be answered إِذاwhen دَعاهاhe calls her
كَيما يُجابَ إِذا دَعاها
So you see him calling out her name,
So I call her name
so he may be answered when he calls her.
That she may answer if I call to her.
ياO حَبَّذاhow lovely ياO حَبَّذاhow lovely
يا حَبَّذا يا حَبَّذا
تَبدوappear لِعَينِكَto your eye مُقلَتاهاher two eyes
تَبدو لِعَينِكَ مُقلَتاها
Oh, how lovely, oh, how lovely,
How excellent, how excellent,
as her two eyes appear before your gaze!
If she would show herself to you, her eyelids lowered,
بَيضاءُfair-skinned لَمnot يَرَhas seen مِثلَهاher like
بَيضاءُ لَم يَرَ مِثلَها
بَشَرٌany mortal تَبارَكَblessed is مَنHe who بَراهاfashioned her
بَشَرٌ تَبارَكَ مَن بَراها
Fair-skinned—her like has never been seen
Purer than any mortal man has seen -
by any mortal. Blessed is He who fashioned her!
Blessed is He who created her!
فَكَأَنَّهاso she is as though شَمسٌa sun تَجَـshone forth (continued)
فَكَأَنَّها شَمسٌ تَجَـ
ـلَتend of 'shone forth' فيin البِلادِthe land لَهُfor him فَراهاand he saw her
ـلَت في البِلادِ لَهُ فَراها
So she is like a sun that shone forth
She is like a sun appearing
in the land before him, and he beheld her;
In the land for him alone who saw her,
أَوor دُرَّةٌa pearl عِندَin the keeping of الخَلاthe caliphs (continued)
أَو دُرَّةٌ عِندَ الخَلا
ئِفِend of 'the caliphs' لَيسَnot يُدرىis known مَنwho سَباهاtook her captive
ئِفِ لَيسَ يُدرى مَن سَباها
or a pearl in the caliphs' keeping—
Or a pearl with the caliphs
no one knows who took her captive.
None knows who retrieved it.
خَودٌa tender maiden كَأَنَّas though بِريقِهاin her saliva
خَودٌ كَأَنَّ بِريقِها
مِسكاًmusk يَفوحُwafts لَدىduring كَراهاher sleep
مِسكاً يَفوحُ لَدى كَراها
A tender maiden, as though in her saliva
Her cheek is like myrrh:
were musk wafting as she sleeps—
Its sheen breathes perfume when she turns her face.
فيماas far as أَرىI see وَأَظُنُّهُand I suppose it
فيما أَرى وَأَظُنُّهُ
مِنfrom غَيرِother than أَنthat أَكُI have ذُقتُI tasted فاهاher mouth
مِن غَيرِ أَن أَكُ ذُقتُ فاها
so it seems to me, and so I suppose,
As I see and reckon,
though I have never tasted her mouth.
Without having tasted her mouth.
كانَتshe was لَدَيناwith us وَالحِباand the bonds (continued)
كانَت لَدَينا وَالحِبا
لُend of 'the bonds' ضَعيفَةٌweak مِنهاfrom her قُواهاtheir strength
لُ ضَعيفَةٌ مِنها قُواها
She was with us, and the bonds
She had with us a frail
drew little strength from her.
Desire - its strength was in her.
وَإِذاand when خَضَعتُI humbled myself بِمُقلَتيwith my eye
وَإِذا خَضَعتُ بِمُقلَتي
مُتَتَبِّعاًseeking مِنهاfrom her رِضاهاher approval
مُتَتَبِّعاً مِنها رِضاها
And when I humbled myself through my gaze,
And if I bowed before her glance,
seeking her approval,
Following her pleasure,
بانَتshe departed فَلَيتَso would that فِراقَهاparting from her
بانَت فَلَيتَ فِراقَها
إِذwhen كانَit occurred مِنfrom صَدريmy breast مَحاهاerased her
إِذ كانَ مِن صَدري مَحاها
she departed—if only her parting,
She would show herself. Would that we'd never parted!
when it came, had erased her from my breast!
For she wiped her from my breast.
فَكَأَنَّنيso I am as though ذوone with غُربَةٍabsence from home
فَكَأَنَّني ذو غُربَةٍ
بِمَفازَةٍin a desert مِلحٍsalty حُساهاits waters
بِمَفازَةٍ مِلحٍ حُساها
So I am like one far from home,
It's as if I'm a stranger
in a desert whose waters are salt.
In a salty wasteland that burned her trace.
قَدalready جَفَّhas dried ريقُthe saliva of لِسانِهِhis tongue
قَد جَفَّ ريقُ لِسانِهِ
وَالنَفسُand the soul يُجهِدُهاexhausts it صَداهاits thirst
وَالنَفسُ يُجهِدُها صَداها
The moisture on his tongue has dried,
My tongue is dry; its saliva
and thirst is exhausting his soul.
Exhausts me, its sound echoes.
عَطشانُthirsty أَدلىhe lowered دَلوَهُhis bucket
عَطشانُ أَدلى دَلوَهُ
خَوفَfor fear of المَنِيَّةِdeath فيamong دِلاهاits buckets
خَوفَ المَنِيَّةِ في دِلاها
Thirsty, he lowered his bucket,
Thirsty, I let down my bucket -
for fear of death, among its buckets.
Fearing death in its hollow.
فَثَوىso he stayed يَمُدُّhe pulls رِشاءَهاits bucket-rope
فَثَوى يَمُدُّ رِشاءَها
وَالنَفسُand the soul تَجهَدُstruggles مِنfrom لَظاهاits burning heat
وَالنَفسُ تَجهَدُ مِن لَظاها
So he stayed, hauling on its rope,
I spread its rope and my soul
while his soul struggled in its burning heat,
Is exhausted by its intense heat.
حتّىuntil إِذاwhen اِرتَفَعَتit rose وَظَـand he kept (continued)
حتّى إِذا اِرتَفَعَت وَظَـ
ـلَّend of 'kept' يَجُرُّهاpulling it اِنحَلَّتcame loose عُراهاits loops
ـلَّ يَجُرُّها اِنحَلَّت عُراها
until, when it rose and he kept
Until when it was raised up and
pulling it, its loops came loose.
Its shadow lengthened, it slipped from its moorings,
فَهَوىso he plunged وَخَرَّand fell بِإِثرِهاafter it
فَهَوى وَخَرَّ بِإِثرِها
مُتَلَمِّساًgroping for مِنهاfrom it ثَراهاits moist earth
مُتَلَمِّساً مِنها ثَراها
So he plunged and fell after it,
So it fell, and I fell after it,
groping for its moist earth.
Feeling for its coolness.
فَأَسالَso he poured out فيهاin it نَفَسَهُhis breath
فَأَسالَ فيها نَفَسَهُ
وَالنَفَسُand the breath تَبلُغُreaches مُنتَهاهاits end
وَالنَفَسُ تَبلُغُ مُنتَهاها
So he poured out his breath within it,
I poured out my soul in it
and his breath reached its end.
As the soul reaches its end.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.