أَشدُّthe most intense الهَوىlove العُذْرِيِّchaste عِنْدِيto me أَلذُّهُits sweetest
أَشدُّ الهَوى العُذْرِيِّ عِنْدِي أَلذُّهُ
وَوَقْدُand the burning الهَوىlove سَهْلٌeasy لَدَيَّfor me وَوَقْذُهُand its battering
وَوَقْدُ الهَوى سَهْلٌ لَدَيَّ وَوَقْذُهُ
The fiercest chaste love is the sweetest to me.
The most intense love for me is chaste love
Love's burning and its battering are easy for me.
And kindling love is easy for me, as is extinguishing it
وَقفْتُI stood بَطرْفيwith my eye والدُّموعُand the tears تُذيبُهُmelt it
وَقفْتُ بَطرْفي والدُّموعُ تُذيبُهُ
أُشاهِدُI watch قَلْبيmy heart والغَرامُand passion يَجُذُّهُsevers it
أُشاهِدُ قَلْبي والغَرامُ يَجُذُّهُ
I stood gazing, as tears dissolved my eye,
I stood frozen, with tears melting me
Watching my heart as passion severed it.
I look upon my heart, and passion pulls it
وَذِيand one with قامةٍstature كالرُّمْحِlike a spear ثُقِّفَwas straightened قَدُّهُhis figure
وَذِي قامةٍ كالرُّمْحِ ثُقِّفَ قَدُّهُ
لَهُhe has نَاظِرٌan eye كالسَّيْفِlike a sword أُحْكِمwas perfected شَحْذُهُits sharpening
لَهُ نَاظِرٌ كالسَّيْفِ أُحْكِم شَحْذُهُ
And one of spear-like stature, his figure made straight,
With a stature like a spear, his neck erect
Has an eye like a sword, honed to perfection.
Eyes like swords, their sharpness perfected
يُنابِذُhe fights فيin حَرْبِwar الهَوَىlove بِصُدُودِهِwith his rebuffs
يُنابِذُ في حَرْبِ الهَوَى بِصُدُودِهِ
وَأَسْرَعُand the swiftest شَيْءٍthing فيin المَواعِيدِpromises نَبْذُهُhis casting aside
وَأَسْرَعُ شَيْءٍ في المَواعِيدِ نَبْذُهُ
He fights in love's war with his rebuffs,
He wages war in love with his firmness
And the swiftest thing about promises is his casting them aside.
The swiftest thing for him - to fulfill his promise
تَفَرَّدْتُI became peerless حُبّاًin love مُذْsince تَفَرَّدhe became peerless فيin الهَوَىlove
تَفَرَّدْتُ حُبّاً مُذْ تَفَرَّد في الهَوَى
جَمالاًin beauty كِلَانَاboth of us وَاحِدُthe unique one of الدَّهْرِthe age فَذُّهُits matchless one
جَمالاً كِلَانَا وَاحِدُ الدَّهْرِ فَذُّهُ
I have been peerless in loving since he became peerless in love—
I singled out love, since he was singled out in passion
In beauty; each of us is the age's unique, matchless one.
For his beauty - both of us unique in our time
سَقَتْwatered رَبْعَهُhis dwelling وَطْفَاءُa rain-laden cloud رَخْوٌsoft مِلاطُهاits flanks
سَقَتْ رَبْعَهُ وَطْفَاءُ رَخْوٌ مِلاطُها
تَجُودُpours rain generously بِهِupon it طَوْراًat times وطَوْراًand at times تَرذُّهُsprinkles it
تَجُودُ بِهِ طَوْراً وطَوْراً تَرذُّهُ
A rain-laden cloud, soft of flank, watered his dwelling,
Her quarter quenched its thirst, its touch gentle
At times pouring rain upon it, at others sprinkling it.
Bestowing it at times, at others withholding it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.