أماas for غُلاميmy servant أسدٌAsad فقدthen indeed نَشَزhe rebelled
أما غُلامي أسدٌ فقد نَشَز
وباعand he sold مأثورِthe inherited lore of القريضِverse واللُّغزْand riddles
وباع مأثورِ القريضِ واللُّغزْ
As for my servant Asad, he has rebelled,
My boy has grown rebellious and wild
And sold the legacy of verse and riddles
He sold his fine rhymes and wordplay
بِنَبَزٍfor an insulting nickname أقْبِحhow ugly بذاكthat is منas a نَبَزnickname
بِنَبَزٍ أقْبِح بذاك من نَبَز
واعتاضَand he took in exchange حجَّاماًa cupper أذُلاَّhumiliation? بعدafter عِزّhonor
واعتاضَ حجَّاماً أذُلاَّ بعد عِزّ
For an insulting nickname—what an ugly nickname!
For ugly gossip worse than any tale
And took a cupper in exchange—humiliation after honor?
And challenged a humbled barber after glory
أسودَblack مثلَlike التيسِthe he-goat هبَّsprang up فيamong المَعِزthe goats
أسودَ مثلَ التيسِ هبَّ في المَعِز
ذاpossessing جُونَةٍa basket فيهاin it القواريرُthe bottles لُزَزpacked tightly together
ذا جُونَةٍ فيها القواريرُ لُزَز
Black, like a he-goat springing among the goats,
Black as a billy goat leaping with the nanny goats
With a basket in which the bottles are packed tightly,
With a leather bottle full of murmuring beads
كبركةٍlike a pond مملوءةٍfilled منwith الإوزّgeese
كبركةٍ مملوءةٍ من الإوزّ
إلىalong with مشاريطَlancets حكَتresembled أهدابfringes of قَزّraw silk
إلى مشاريطَ حكَت أهداب قَزّ
Like a pond filled with geese,
Like a gourd filled with geese
Along with lancets resembling fringes of raw silk,
To the combs that lined up the eyebrows of Qaz
إلىalong with مواسٍrazors ماnot عداهاsurpassed them لمسُthe touch of خَزّsilk-and-wool cloth
إلى مواسٍ ما عداها لمسُ خَزّ
كأَنَّas though نظْمَthe arrangement of شَرْطِهِhis incisions نظمُthe stringing of خَرَزbeads
كأَنَّ نظْمَ شَرْطِهِ نظمُ خَرَز
And razors no rougher to the touch than silken cloth.
To the refuge, nothing beside it he touched but withered
As though the pattern of his incisions were a string of beads,
As if the rhyme scheme of his contract was a rhyme scheme of beads
لاnot يهمزُhe presses forcefully المصَّthe suction إِذاwhen الغرُّthe novice هَمَزْpressed forcefully
لا يهمزُ المصَّ إِذا الغرُّ هَمَزْ
أعجِبmarvel! بهat him منfrom فَوقِabove أبيضa white man احتفزhe crouched
أعجِب به من فَوقِ أبيض احتفز
He does not force the suction as the novice does.
He doesn't trill the meem when the ghayn trills
Marvel at him, crouched above a white man!
He was admired by one mounted on white who spurred
فأيْرُso the cock of هذاthis one فيin استِthe anus of ذاthis one قدalready انغرزhas sunk in
فأيْرُ هذا في استِ ذا قد انغرز
كأَنهas though it were كُراعُthe shank of عَنْزٍa she-goat فيin أَرُزّrice
كأَنه كُراعُ عَنْزٍ في أَرُزّ
So this one's cock has sunk into that one's arse,
How strange is this one whose hand is thrust in the saddle bags
As though it were a she-goat's shank in rice.
As if he were a lamb herder in a bouquet of flowers
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.