ياO! حسنهhis beauty منas a رشإٍyoung gazelle منصفٍfair-dealing
يا حسنه من رشإٍ منصفٍ
مبخلsparing الصدrebuff كريمgenerous اللقاmeeting
مبخل الصد كريم اللقا
How lovely he is—a fair-dealing young gazelle!
O fair one with a glance half granting, half denying,
Sparing with rebuffs, generous with meetings.
Close-fisted is thy love, but open-handed thy greeting.
إنif نفثhe breathes out السحرmagic بأجفانهwith his eyelids
إن نفث السحر بأجفانه
عوذنيhe wards me منfrom صدغهhis sidelock بالرقىwith incantations
عوذني من صدغه بالرقى
If he breathes magic with his eyelids,
The magic she breathed from her eyes that enthralled me,
He wards me with incantations from his sidelock.
I charm away with exorcising lines if she frowns.
يجلوshines forth محياهhis face علىabove قدهhis stature
يجلو محياه على قده
بدرfull moon الدياجيthe dark nights فوقabove غصنa bough النقاthe sand dune
بدر الدياجي فوق غصن النقا
His face shines above his form—
Her cheek outshines the full moon majestically beaming
A full moon of dark nights above a bough on the dune.
O'er the delicate branch of the waving twig.
لاnot ألتقيI encounter فيconcerning حسنهhis beauty عاذلاًa reprover
لا ألتقي في حسنه عاذلاً
يثنيturns aside عنانيmy reins عنهaway from him إلاexcept التقىpiety
يثني عناني عنه إلا التقى
I encounter no reprover concerning his beauty
No critic can truly blame her beauty,
Who turns my reins away from him—save piety.
Naught but the fear of God could turn my rein from her.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.