لَجَّpersisted stubbornly مَنthe one whom قَدhad هَوَيتُهُI loved him فيin الصُدودِturning away
لَجَّ مَن قَد هَوَيتُهُ في الصُدودِ
وَجَرىand flew بَعدَafter ذاكَthat طَيرُbirds السُعودِgood fortune
وَجَرى بَعدَ ذاكَ طَيرُ السُعودِ
The one I had loved stubbornly persisted in turning away.
The one I loved has spurned me after ardour
And afterward the birds of good fortune flew.
And then the bird of fortune took its flight
وَقَضىand decreed اللَهُGod أَنthat أَذوبَI melt وَأَبلىand waste away
وَقَضى اللَهُ أَن أَذوبَ وَأَبلى
وَالبَلىand decay مِنfrom وَراءِbehind كُلِّevery جَديدِnew thing
وَالبَلى مِن وَراءِ كُلِّ جَديدِ
And God decreed that I should melt and waste away,
God has decreed that I should melt and waste
and decay lies behind everything new.
And wasting comes on everythingbrand-new
وَالهَوىand love فيin الصِباyouth قَريبٌnear مِنَto الرُشsound judgment (continued next line)
وَالهَوى في الصِبا قَريبٌ مِنَ الرُش
دِcompletion of 'sound judgment' وَلَيسَand is not القَريبُthe near مِثلَlike البَعيدِthe far
دِ وَلَيسَ القَريبُ مِثلَ البَعيدِ
And love in youth is near to sound judgment,
In youth the fancy for the fair is linked
and what is near is not like what is far.
To sprightliness; and far unlike is near
رُبَّماoften كُنتُI was لِلأَوانِسِto the young women زيراًa lover of women
رُبَّما كُنتُ لِلأَوانِسِ زيراً
مُستَهاماًmadly enamored بِكُلِّof every بَيضاءَfair-skinned woman رودِsoft and supple
مُستَهاماً بِكُلِّ بَيضاءَ رودِ
Often I was a lover of young women,
Perchance I was a suitor of sweet maids
madly enamored of every fair-skinned, supple woman.
And coveted them all, both dark and bright
كَمhow often جَمَعتُI mingled الرَحيقَpure wine وَالريقَand saliva مِنهاfrom her
كَم جَمَعتُ الرَحيقَ وَالريقَ مِنها
وَكِلاناand both of us قَتيلُslain by صَنجِa harp وُعودِand a lute
وَكِلانا قَتيلُ صَنجِ وُعودِ
How often I mingled pure wine with her saliva,
How much pure honey and sweet wine I quaffed
and both of us were slain by harp and lute.
And both of us are victims of wood aloes
وَكِلاناand both of us قَدhad أَحدَثَproduced الراحُthe wine فيهِin him (each of us)
وَكِلانا قَد أَحدَثَ الراحُ فيهِ
زَهوَpride عيسىIsa اِبنِson of خالِدِKhalid اِبنِson of الوَليدِal-Walid
زَهوَ عيسى اِبنِ خالِدِ اِبنِ الوَليدِ
And the wine had stirred in us both
And both of us the zephyr had imbued
the pride of Isa, son of Khalid, son of al-Walid:
With fragrance - Eisa son of Khalid son of Walid
فارِسٌa horseman يَضرِبُstrikes الفَوارِسَthe horsemen بِالسَيwith the sword (continued next line)
فارِسٌ يَضرِبُ الفَوارِسَ بِالسَي
فِcompletion of 'sword' إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle اِتَقَتshielded themselves جِبالُmountains الحَديدِiron
فِ إِذا ما اِتَقَت جِبالُ الحَديدِ
a horseman who strikes horsemen with the sword,
A horseman who surpasses horsemen, when
when mountains of iron shield themselves.
The mountains of iron clash in fight, smites with the sword
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.