مصارعtragic ends اللابسينthose wearing قمصshirts هوىpassion
مصارع اللابسين قمص هوى
ضفتwere ample عليهمupon them كلeach يجررهاtrails them
ضفت عليهم كل يجررها
The tragic ends of those clad in shirts of passion,
The wrestlers wearing the shirts of passion
ample upon them, each trailing his own—
I described them all as they dragged them
تصنيفa compilation منone who ذاقtasted منfrom سلافتهits choice wine
تصنيف من ذاق من سلافته
الصفوthe clear portion وماand not فاتهescaped him مكدرهاits dregs
الصفو وما فاته مكدرها
a compilation by one who has tasted, from its choice wine,
A classification of whoever tasted from its past
the clear draught, nor missed its dregs.
The pure and whatever turbidness missed it
يطويhe folds away أحاديثtales وجدهhis longing ودموand tears (word continues)
يطوي أحاديث وجده ودمو
عfinal letter of دموع (tears) العينthe eye فيin فيضهنtheir overflow تنشرهاunfolds them
ع العين في فيضهن تنشرها
He folds away the tales of his longing, while the tears
He folds the conversations of his love and tears
of the eye unfold them as they overflow.
On the eye in their overflow he spreads them
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.