وَيليwoe to me بَليتُI am worn down مِنَby السِقامِsickness
وَيلي بَليتُ مِنَ السِقامِ
وَنَفىand has banished الهَوىlove عَنيfrom me مَناميmy sleep
وَنَفى الهَوى عَني مَنامي
Woe to me! I am worn down by sickness.
Woe to me, I suffer from lovesickness
And love has banished my sleep from me.
And longing has denied me sleep
إِنّيindeed I أَرىI see سَبَبَthe cause of الهَوىlove
إِنّي أَرى سَبَبَ الهَوى
سيُذيقُنيwill make me taste مُرَّthe bitterness of الحِمامِdeath
سيُذيقُني مُرَّ الحِمامِ
Indeed, I see that the cause of love
I see the cause of passion
will make me taste the bitterness of death.
Will make me taste bitter sorrow
ياO لائِميyou who reproach me فيمَنconcerning the one whom هَويloved (verb continued next line)
يا لائِمي فيمَن هَوي
تُI (suffix completing 'loved') اَكفُفcease عَدَمتُكَmay I be rid of you عَنfrom مَلاميreproaching me
تُ اَكفُف عَدَمتُكَ عَن مَلامي
O you who reproach me for the one I loved,
Oh you who blame me for my love
stop reproaching me—may I be rid of you!
Restrain your non-existence from blaming me
مَنwhoever لامَreproached صَبّاًa passionate lover هائِماًwandering in love
مَن لامَ صَبّاً هائِماً
فَعَميso may he go blind وَصَمَّand may he go deaf عَنِto الكَلامِspeech
فَعَمي وَصَمَّ عَنِ الكَلامِ
Whoever reproaches a lovesick, wandering lover—
He who blames a crazed lover
may he go blind and deaf to speech!
Is blind and deaf to reason
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.