لَهَفيmy anguish لِمَقتولٍfor a slain man تُلاbeginning of 'gaze at him'
لَهَفي لِمَقتولٍ تُلا
حِظُهُending of 'gaze at him' عُيونُeyes البيضِthe fair women شَزراaskance
حِظُهُ عُيونُ البيضِ شَزرا
Alas for a slain man, gazed upon
My yearning for a slain youth once more
askance by the eyes of fair women,
Whose fate the white-eyed maidens deplore
مُتَضَرِّجاًstained crimson بِدَمٍwith blood رَأَتsaw
مُتَضَرِّجاً بِدَمٍ رَأَت
هُit الحورُthe houris فيin الجَنّاتِthe gardens of Paradise عِطراas perfume
هُ الحورُ في الجَنّاتِ عِطرا
stained with blood that
Blood-drenched I saw him, and richly dressed
the houris in Paradise's gardens saw as perfume,
The houris deemed him in Eden blest
مُتَكَفِّنٌshrouded بِمَلابِسٍin garments حَمbeginning of 'red'
مُتَكَفِّنٌ بِمَلابِسٍ حَم
راءَending of 'red' وَهيَand they تَعودُbecome خَضراgreen
راءَ وَهيَ تَعودُ خَضرا
shrouded in garments of
Shrouded in red, he seemed yet to retain
red—and they turn green.
His green life-freshness, born to bloom again
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.