أَقوَتlay deserted رُواوَةُRuwawa مِنof أَسماءَAsma فالسَنَدُand al-Sanad
أَقوَت رُواوَةُ مِن أَسماءَ فالسَنَدُ
فالسَهبُand al-Sahb فالقاعُand al-Qaʿ مِنof عَيرَينِʿAyrayn فالجُمُدُand al-Jumud
فالسَهبُ فالقاعُ مِن عَيرَينِ فالجُمُدُ
Ruwawa lies empty of Asma, and so does al-Sanad,
The ruins of Rawwah among the sands
and al-Sahb, and al-Qaʿ of ʿAyrayn, and al-Jumud.
Then the open plain, then the hollow between two caravans, then the solid ground
فَعَرشُand ʿArsh خاخٍKhakh قِفارٌdeserted غَيرَexcept أَنَّthat بِهِthere
فَعَرشُ خاخٍ قِفارٌ غَيرَ أَنَّ بِهِ
رَبعاًa campsite أَقامَremained بِهِthere نؤيٌa rain-trench وَمُنتَضَدُand piled stones
رَبعاً أَقامَ بِهِ نؤيٌ وَمُنتَضَدُ
ʿArsh Khakh too is deserted, save that there lies
Then the throne of a desolate place, though
a campsite where a rain-trench and piled stones remain,
A tribe camped there for a time with their beasts
وَسُجَّدٌand bowed hearthstones كالحَماماتِlike doves الجُثومِcrouching بِهِthere
وَسُجَّدٌ كالحَماماتِ الجُثومِ بِهِ
وَمُلبِدٌand a matted bed مِنof رَمادِashes القِدرِthe cooking pot مُلتَبِدُcompacted
وَمُلبِدٌ مِن رَمادِ القِدرِ مُلتَبِدُ
and bowed hearthstones there, like crouching doves,
And there were prostrations like nesting doves
and a matted bed of cooking-pot ashes, caked together.
And ashes from cooking pots piled high
وَقَدand indeed أَراهاI saw it حَديثاًnot long ago وَهيَwhile it was آهِلَةٌinhabited
وَقَد أَراها حَديثاً وَهيَ آهِلَةٌ
بِهاwith her تَواصَلَstretched continuously ذاكَthat الجِزعُvalley-bend فالعَقَدُand the clustered dunes
بِها تَواصَلَ ذاكَ الجِزعُ فالعَقَدُ
Yet not long ago I saw it full of life,
And I saw it recently inhabited
with her there, that valley-bend and the dunes stretching unbroken;
By which that sadness and those knots continued
إِذwhen الهَوىlove لَمdid not يغَيِّرalter شَعبَthe course of نِيَّتِهِits intent
إِذ الهَوى لَم يغَيِّر شَعبَ نِيَّتِهِ
شَكسُharsh الخَليقَةِin disposition ذوpossessing قاذورَةٍunsociability وَحَدُsolitary
شَكسُ الخَليقَةِ ذو قاذورَةٍ وَحَدُ
when love's intended course had not yet been altered
Since passion did not change the course of its intention
by a harsh-tempered, unsociable loner.
The defiant one with the ugly disposition and sharp tongue
يَظَلُّhe remains وَجداًresentful وَإِنeven though لَمnot أَنوِI intend رؤيَتَهاto see her
يَظَلُّ وَجداً وَإِن لَم أَنوِ رؤيَتَها
كَأَنَّهُas though he إِذwhen يَرانيsees me زائِراًvisiting كَمِدُgrief-stricken
كَأَنَّهُ إِذ يَراني زائِراً كَمِدُ
He stays resentful, though I have no thought of seeing her,
Stayed passionate even when I did not intend to see her
as though, when he sees me visiting, he were sick with grief.
As if when she sees me visiting, I am avoiding her
فَياso, ah! لَهاwhat a ... she is خُلَّةًbeloved لَوif only أَنَّهاthat she بِهوىًwith love
فَيا لَها خُلَّةً لَو أَنَّها بِهوىً
مِنهاfrom her تُثيبُكَshe repays you بالوَجدِfor the longing الَّذيthat تَجِدُyou feel
مِنها تُثيبُكَ بالوَجدِ الَّذي تَجِدُ
Ah, what a beloved—if only, with love
If only she had the sense, if she would reward your passion
of her own, she would repay you for the longing you feel!
With the affection that you feel
قامَتshe rose تُريكَshowing you شَتيتَspaced apart النَبتِin growth ذاhaving أُشُرٍfine serrations
قامَت تُريكَ شَتيتَ النَبتِ ذا أُشُرٍ
كَأَنَّهُas though it were مِنfrom سَواريnight-traveling clouds of صَيِّفٍsummer rain بَرَدُhail
كَأَنَّهُ مِن سَواري صَيِّفٍ بَرَدُ
She rose, showing you her spaced, finely serrated teeth,
She stood, showing you the scattered vegetation with locusts
like hail from summer rainclouds traveling by night.
As if it were the coolness of a summer barn
أَهدىoffered أَهِلَّتَهُits first showers نَوءُthe rain-season of السِماكِal-Simak لَهاto her
أَهدى أَهِلَّتَهُ نَوءُ السِماكِ لَها
حَتّىuntil تَناهَتwere filled completely بِهِwith it الكُثبانُthe sandhills والجَرَدُand bare uplands
حَتّى تَناهَت بِهِ الكُثبانُ والجَرَدُ
Al-Simak's rain brought her its first showers,
The star Canopus brought its rain there for her
till the sandhills and bare uplands were laden with it.
Until the sand dunes and mountains ended
وَمُقلَتَيand the two eyes of مُطفِلٍa nursing doe فَردٍsolitary أَطاعَgrew readily لَهاfor her
وَمُقلَتَي مُطفِلٍ فَردٍ أَطاعَ لَها
بَقلٌgreen herbage وَمَردٌand tender arak fruit ضَفاgrew luxuriantly مُكّاؤُهُits whistling lark غَرِدُsinging
بَقلٌ وَمَردٌ ضَفا مُكّاؤُهُ غَرِدُ
And the eyes of a lone nursing doe, for whom grew freely
And the eyelids of the tall, solitary, obedient Mtiful
lush herbage and tender arak fruit, its lark singing.
Where artemisia and myrrh, his resting place chirped
يَزينُadorns لَبَّتَهاher throat's hollow دُرٌّpearls تَكَنَّفَهُtended it
يَزينُ لَبَّتَها دُرٌّ تَكَنَّفَهُ
نُظّامُهُits stringers فأَجادواand they excelled السَردَat threading إِذwhen سَرَدواthey threaded
نُظّامُهُ فأَجادوا السَردَ إِذ سَرَدوا
Pearls adorn the hollow of her throat, taken in hand
Adorning her bosom a pearl enveloped
by their stringers, who threaded them with skill.
By a necklace, and they excelled at stringing
دُرٌّpearls وَشَذرٌand gold beads وَياقوتٌand rubies يُفَضِّلُهُenhancing it
دُرٌّ وَشَذرٌ وَياقوتٌ يُفَضِّلُهُ
كأَنَّهُas though it were إِذwhen بَداit appeared جَمرُembers of الغَضاghada wood يَقِدُblazing
كأَنَّهُ إِذ بَدا جَمرُ الغَضا يَقِدُ
Pearls and gold beads, and rubies setting them off,
A pearl, and gems, and ruby which outshines
as though, when revealed, they were blazing ghada embers.
As if it were an ember of hell fire
وَقَدand indeed عَجِبتُI marveled لِماat what قَالَتshe said بِذيat Dhu سَلَمٍSalam
وَقَد عَجِبتُ لِما قَالَت بِذي سَلَمٍ
وَدَمعُهاand her tears بِسَحيقِwith finely ground الكُحلِkohl يَطَّرِدُstream continuously
وَدَمعُها بِسَحيقِ الكُحلِ يَطَّرِدُ
And I marveled at what she said at Dhu Salam,
And I was amazed by what she said, with her Salam
while her tears streamed, mingled with powdered kohl.
And her tears flowed with kohl, steadily
قالَتshe said أَقِمstay لاdo not تَبِنdepart مِنّاfrom us فَقُلتُso I said لَهاto her
قالَت أَقِم لا تَبِن مِنّا فَقُلتُ لَها
إِنّيindeed I وَإِنeven though كُنتُI am مَلعوجاًtormented بيَwithin me الكَمَدُgrief
إِنّي وَإِن كُنتُ مَلعوجاً بيَ الكَمَدُ
She said, “Stay—do not leave us!” So I told her,
She said, stay, do not distance yourself from us, so I said to her
“Indeed, though sorely tormented, I bear grief within me.”
Even if I was defective, the incomplete one stays
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.