ياO فريدpeerless الحسنbeauty ياO منone whose
يا فريد الحسن يا من
وترُهُhis singleness لمhas not يلفfound شفعاa pair
وترُهُ لم يلف شفعا
O peerless in beauty, O you
Oh Fareed al-Hassan, you who
whose solitary self has never found a pair!
your string was never wound as pairs
أنتyou سُلطانُsultan جمالbeauty
أنت سُلطانُ جمال
كيفhow بالشّاوشby the title 'sergeant' تُدعىare you called
كيف بالشّاوش تُدعى
You are the sultan of beauty—
You are the sultan of beauty
how can you be called the sergeant?
How can you be called a minstrel
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.