مَنْwho يَعْطِفْwill turn نَحْوtoward قَلْبِthe heart of هَذاthis القَاسِيcruel one
مَنْ يَعْطِفْ نَحْو قَلْبِ هَذا القَاسِي
كَمْhow often أَذْكُرهI remember him وَهُوwhile he لِعَهْدِيof my pledge نَاسِيforgetful
كَمْ أَذْكُره وَهُو لِعَهْدِي نَاسِي
Who will turn toward the heart of this cruel one?
Who will incline towards the heart of this harsh one
How often I remember him, while he forgets my pledge!
How much I remember him while he forgets our time
أَشْكُوI complain of لِعذَارِهِto his cheek-down سُقامِيmy sickness وكذاand likewise
أَشْكُو لِعذَارِهِ سُقامِي وكذا
يَشْكُوcomplains of دَنِفٌa wasting sufferer سُقامَهُhis sickness لِلآسِto the healer (a wordplay on myrtle)
يَشْكُو دَنِفٌ سُقامَهُ لِلآسِ
I complain of my sickness to his cheek-down, just as
I complain to his excuses of my sickness and so
a wasting sufferer complains of his sickness to the healer.
A sick one complains of his sickness to a deaf one
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.