جاءَتكَshe came to you لَيلاًby night فيin ثيابrobes نَهارِday
جاءَتكَ لَيلاً في ثياب نَهارِ
مِنfrom نورهاher light وَغِلالَةand a gauzy veil البُلّارِcrystal
مِن نورها وَغِلالَة البُلّارِ
She came to you by night in robes of day,
She came to you at night in daytime garb
Of her light and a gauzy veil of crystal;
With her brightness and the moon's splendor
كالمُشتَريlike Jupiter قَدhas لَفّenfolded مِنfrom مريخِهِits Mars
كالمُشتَري قَد لَفّ مِن مريخِهِ
إِذwhen لَفَّهُit wrapped it فيin الماءِthe water جَذوَةَan ember نارِof fire
إِذ لَفَّهُ في الماءِ جَذوَةَ نارِ
Like Jupiter, which has enfolded from its Mars—
Like Mars when it was wrapped
Wrapping it in water—an ember of fire.
In fiery water by its orbit
لَطُفَgrew delicate الجُمودُsolidity لِذاfor this one وَذاand that one فَتآلَفاso the two harmonized
لَطُفَ الجُمودُ لِذا وَذا فَتآلَفا
لَمdid not يَلقَmeet ضِدٌّan opposite ضدّهُits opposite بِنِفارِwith aversion
لَم يَلقَ ضِدٌّ ضدّهُ بِنِفارِ
Solidity grew delicate for both, so they harmonized;
Solidity and fluidity harmonized
No opposite met its opposite with aversion.
No opposite met its opposite with disdain
يَتَحَيَّرُare bewildered الراؤُونَthe onlookers فيover نَعتَيهِماtheir two qualities
يَتَحَيَّرُ الراؤُونَ في نَعتَيهِما
أَصفاءُis it the clarity ماءٍof water أمor صَفاءُthe radiance دَرارِof shining stars
أَصفاءُ ماءٍ أم صَفاءُ دَرارِ
Onlookers are bewildered by their two qualities:
The describers are confused about them
Is it water's clarity, or the radiance of shining stars?
Are they pure water or pure pearls?
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.