لناwe have قَهوَةٌwine فيin الدَّنِّthe wine jar تمَّتْhave run their course شهورُهاits months
لنا قَهوَةٌ في الدَّنِّ تمَّتْ شهورُها
فرقَّتْso grew delicate حَواشيهاits edges وأشرقَand shone نُورُهاits light
فرقَّتْ حَواشيها وأشرقَ نُورُها
We have a wine whose months in the jar have run their course;
We have coffee that took months to brew
So its edges grew delicate, and its light shone.
Its edges separated and its light shone through
يُحيَّيكَgreets you بالمِسكِwith musk الذَّكيِّfragrant دُنُّوهاits approach
يُحيَّيكَ بالمِسكِ الذَّكيِّ دُنُّوها
ويلقاكَand meets you بالبِشْرِwith cheer الجميلِbeautiful بَشيرُهاits herald
ويلقاكَ بالبِشْرِ الجميلِ بَشيرُها
Its approach greets you with fragrant musk,
It welcomes you with fragrant musk when you visit
And its herald meets you with gracious cheer.
Its harbinger greets you with beautiful tidings
وقدand indeed كَتَبْتhave written أيديhands الرَّبيعِspring صحائفاًpages
وقد كَتَبْت أيدي الرَّبيعِ صحائفاً
كأنَّas though سُطورَlines البَرقِlightning حُسناًin beauty سطورُهاtheir lines
كأنَّ سُطورَ البَرقِ حُسناً سطورُها
And spring's hands have written pages,
The hands of spring have written pages
As though their lines, in beauty, were streaks of lightning.
With lines of lightning, beautifully arranged
فمِنso from رَوْضَةٍa garden سارٍdrifting إليناtoward us نسيمُهاits breeze
فمِن رَوْضَةٍ سارٍ إلينا نسيمُها
ومنand from مُزْنَةٍa raincloud مُرخىًlet down عليناover us سُتورُهاits curtains
ومن مُزْنَةٍ مُرخىً علينا سُتورُها
So from a garden its breeze drifts toward us,
From a delightful garden, its breeze comes to us
And from a raincloud its curtains are lowered over us.
And from a relaxed fold, its curtains upon us
وغرفتُناand our chamber الحسناءُlovely قدindeed زادَhas increased حُسنُهاits beauty
وغرفتُنا الحسناءُ قد زادَ حُسنُها
بزائرةٍthrough a visitor فيin كلِّevery عامٍyear تَزورُهاvisits it
بزائرةٍ في كلِّ عامٍ تَزورُها
And our lovely chamber's beauty has increased,
Our lovely room has increased in beauty
Through a visitor that visits it every year:
With a visitor every year that tours it
بمُبيَضَّةِwith white الأحشاءِbellies سودٍblack ظُهُورُهاtheir backs
بمُبيَضَّةِ الأحشاءِ سودٍ ظُهُورُها
مُزَنَّرةِbanded الأذنابِtails حُمْرٍred نُحورُهاtheir throats
مُزَنَّرةِ الأذنابِ حُمْرٍ نُحورُها
With white bellies and black backs,
With the whitening of dark innards
With banded tails and red throats,
The red bellies of the adorned tails
مُرَفرِفَةٍfluttering حولَaround البيوتِthe houses وفودُهاtheir visiting flocks
مُرَفرِفَةٍ حولَ البيوتِ وفودُها
مُحَلِّقَةٍset high حَولَaround السُّقوفِthe roofs وكورُهاtheir nests
مُحَلِّقَةٍ حَولَ السُّقوفِ وكورُها
Their visiting flocks fluttering around the houses,
Fluttering around the houses are its delegations
Their nests set high around the roofs.
Circling around the ceilings are their chicks
لهُنَّthey have لغاتٌlanguages مُعْجِماتٌunintelligible كأنَّهاas though they were
لهُنَّ لغاتٌ مُعْجِماتٌ كأنَّها
صَريرُsqueaking نعالِsandals السِّبتِtanned, hairless leather عالٍloud صريرُهاtheir chirping
صَريرُ نعالِ السِّبتِ عالٍ صريرُها
They have unintelligible tongues, as though they were
They have dictionaries for tongues as if
The squeak of tanned-leather sandals, their chirping loud.
They are the creaking of Saturday's worn-out shoes
تُجاورنُاdwell beside us حتىuntil تَشِبَّgrow up صِغارُهاtheir young
تُجاورنُا حتى تَشِبَّ صِغارُها
فيَلحَقُso catches up فيناamong us بالكَبيرِwith the adult صَغيرُهاtheir young one
فيَلحَقُ فينا بالكَبيرِ صَغيرُها
They dwell beside us until their young grow up,
They neighbor us until their young catch up
So in our midst their young catch up with the adults.
And join us, the little ones and the elders
فزُرْناso visit us ترَىyou will see اللذَّاتِdelights بِيضاًwhite وُجوهُهاtheir faces
فزُرْنا ترَى اللذَّاتِ بِيضاً وُجوهُها
مُحبَّبَةًmuch loved رَوْحاتُهاtheir evening visits وبُكورُهاand their early-morning visits
مُحبَّبَةً رَوْحاتُها وبُكورُها
So visit us: you will see delights with faces white,
Visit and you will see pleasure on their faces
Their evening and early-morning visits much loved.
Their spirits and mornings are loved
وبادِرْand hasten إلىto الرَّاحِthe wine التيwhose أنتَyou are خُلُّهاits dear friend
وبادِرْ إلى الرَّاحِ التي أنتَ خُلُّها
فقدfor indeed قامَhas risen ساقيناour cupbearer الأَغَرُّradiant يُديرُهاpasses it around
فقد قامَ ساقينا الأَغَرُّ يُديرُها
And hasten to the wine whose dear friend you are,
And hurry to the rest that you are its void
For our radiant cupbearer has risen to pass it round.
For our most graceful server has started to spin it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.