كَالخَطِّlike writing فيin كُتُبِthe books of الغُلامِthe boy أَجادَهperfected it
كَالخَطِّ في كُتُبِ الغُلامِ أَجادَه
بِمدادِهِwith his ink وَأَسَدَّand set it right مِنamong أَقلامِهِhis pens
بِمدادِهِ وَأَسَدَّ مِن أَقلامِهِ
Like the writing in the boy’s books, perfected
Like lines in a boy's notebook, his pen excelled,
With his ink and set right by one of his pens—
With its ink more intense than any other pens.
قَلَمٌa pen كَخَرطومِlike the beak of الحَمامَةِthe dove مائِلٌslanting
قَلَمٌ كَخَرطومِ الحَمامَةِ مائِلٌ
مُستَحفِظٌan entrusted keeper لِلعِلمِof knowledge مِنby عَلّامِهِits learned master
مُستَحفِظٌ لِلعِلمِ مِن عَلّامِهِ
A pen, slanting like a dove’s beak,
A pen leaning like a pigeon's neck,
Entrusted with preserving knowledge by its learned master.
Preserving knowledge from its learned masters.
يَسِمُmarks الحُروفَthe letters إِذاwhen يَشاءُit wishes بِناءَهاtheir formation
يَسِمُ الحُروفَ إِذا يَشاءُ بِناءَها
لِبَيانِهاto clarify them بِالنَقطِwith dots مِنfrom أَرسامِهِits tracings
لِبَيانِها بِالنَقطِ مِن أَرسامِهِ
It marks the letters whenever it wishes to form them,
It traces letters when it pleases, constructing them,
To make them clear with dots from its tracings.
Clarifying them with dots from its markings.
مِنfrom صوفَةٍa tuft of wool نَفثbreathed out المِدادِthe ink سُخامَهits soot
مِن صوفَةٍ نَفث المِدادِ سُخامَه
حَتّىuntil تَغَيَّرَchanged لَونُهاits color بِسُخامِهِwith its soot
حَتّى تَغَيَّرَ لَونُها بِسُخامِهِ
From a tuft of wool, the ink breathed out its soot,
From a woolen end the ink saturates its tip,
Until the wool’s color changed with the ink’s soot.
Until its color changes due to its saturation.
يَخفىgrows indistinct فَيُقصَمُso is snapped off مِنfrom شَعيرَةa barley grain أَنفُهُits nose
يَخفى فَيُقصَمُ مِن شَعيرَة أَنفُهُ
كَقُلامَةِlike a paring of الأَظفورِthe fingernail مِنfrom قَلّامِهِits trimmer
كَقُلامَةِ الأَظفورِ مِن قَلّامِهِ
It grows faint, so a barley-grain’s worth is snapped from its nose,
It hides so it breaks off from a wheat stalk's tip,
Like a fingernail paring from its trimmer.
Like a fingernail from its trimmer.
وَبِأَنفِهِand in its nose شِقُّa slit تَلاءَمَfitted together فَاِستَوىthen became even
وَبِأَنفِهِ شِقُّ تَلاءَمَ فَاِستَوى
سُقيwas given to drink المِدادَthe ink فَزادَand it increased فيin تَلامِهِits groove
سُقي المِدادَ فَزادَ في تَلامِهِ
And in its nose a slit fitted together and ran straight;
With its tip a crack coincides and evens out,
It was given ink to drink, which increased in its groove.
The ink replenished increasing its pooling.
مُستَعجِمٌmute وَهوَyet it is الفَصيحُeloquent بِكُلِّin all ماthat
مُستَعجِمٌ وَهوَ الفَصيحُ بِكُلِّ ما
نَطقhas uttered اللِسانُthe tongue بِهit عَلىdespite اِستِعجامِهِits muteness
نَطق اللِسانُ بِه عَلى اِستِعجامِهِ
Mute, yet eloquent in everything
Cryptic yet eloquent in all that the tongue
The tongue has uttered, despite its muteness.
Utters in its crypticness.
وَلَهُand it has تَراجِمَةٌinterpreters بِأَلسِنَةٍwith tongues لَهُمthey have
وَلَهُ تَراجِمَةٌ بِأَلسِنَةٍ لَهُم
تِبيانُa clear explanation of ماwhat يَتلونَthey recite منfrom تَرجامِهits rendering
تِبيانُ ما يَتلونَ من تَرجامِه
And it has interpreters with tongues, who have
And it has interpreters in tongues for them
A clear explanation of what they recite from its rendering.
To express what they recite from its translation.
ماwhatever خطَّwrote منof شَيءٍanything بِهِwith it كتّابهits scribes
ما خطَّ من شَيءٍ بِهِ كتّابه
ماnot إِنindeed يَبوحُit divulges بِهِit عَلىupon اِستِكتامِهِits being asked for secrecy
ما إِن يَبوحُ بِهِ عَلى اِستِكتامِهِ
Whatever its scribes have written with it,
Nothing it traced of anything with it, its writers,
It never divulges when asked to keep it secret.
Unless it confesses through its encryption.
وَهِجاؤُهُand its spelling قافqāf وَلامand lām بَعدَهاafter it
وَهِجاؤُهُ قاف وَلام بَعدَها
ميمmīm مُعَلَّقَةٌhanging بِأَسفَلِat the bottom of لامِهits lām
ميم مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِأَسفَلِ لامِه
And its spelling is qāf and lām, followed by
Its spelling is QAF and LAM after it,
A mīm suspended at the bottom of its lām.
MIM suspended under its LAM.
قالَتsaid لِجارَتِهاto her neighbor الغَزّيلُthe little gazelle إذwhen رَأَتshe saw
قالَت لِجارَتِها الغَزّيلُ إذ رَأَت
وَجهَthe face of المُقَنَّعal-Muqannaʿ مِنfrom وَراءِbehind لِثامِهِhis veil
وَجهَ المُقَنَّع مِن وَراءِ لِثامِهِ
The little gazelle said to her neighbor when she saw
The young gazelle said to her neighbor, when
Al-Muqannaʿ’s face from behind his veil:
She saw the masked face behind his turban.
قَدindeed كانَhe was أَبيضَfair-skinned فَاِعتَراهُthen came over him أُدمَةٌswarthiness
قَد كانَ أَبيضَ فَاِعتَراهُ أُدمَةٌ
فَالعَينُso the eye تُنكِرُهُfails to recognize him مِنbecause of أِدهيمامِهِhis darkening
فَالعَينُ تُنكِرُهُ مِن أِدهيمامِهِ
He had been fair-skinned, but a dusky hue came over him;
“It used to be white but tan overcame it,
So the eye fails to recognize him for how dark he has grown.
So the eye denies it from its darkness.”
كَمhow many منof بويزلa newly mature she-camel عامِهاher year مهرِيَّةٍMahri-bred
كَم من بويزل عامِها مهرِيَّةٍ
سُرُحُfree-striding اليَدَينِthe two forelegs وَمنand of بويزلa newly mature he-camel عامهhis year
سُرُحُ اليَدَينِ وَمن بويزل عامه
How many a Mahri she-camel in her first mature year,
How many mounted cavalry this year are ruined,
Free-striding in her forelegs, and a he-camel in his first mature year,
Loosely handed and mounted cavalry this year.
وَهَبَgave الوَليدُal-Walīd بِرَحلِهاwith her saddle وَزِمامِهاand her rein
وَهَبَ الوَليدُ بِرَحلِها وَزِمامِها
وَكَذاكَand likewise ذاكَthat one بِرَحلِهِwith his saddle وَزِمامِهِand his rein
وَكَذاكَ ذاكَ بِرَحلِهِ وَزِمامِهِ
Has al-Walīd given, with her saddle and her rein,
Al-Walid gave her saddle and bridle,
And likewise that one, with his saddle and his rein!
And so did the other, his saddle and bridle.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.