أرىI see شَجَرَtrees الخوخِpeaches استجدَّتْhave acquired anew ملابِسَاgarments
أرى شَجَرَ الخوخِ استجدَّتْ ملابِسَا
تَوَقَّدنthey blazed حتىuntil خلتُهُنَّI thought them مَقابساfirebrands
تَوَقَّدن حتى خلتُهُنَّ مَقابسا
I see the peach trees have acquired new garments.
I see the peach trees donned new clothes,
They blazed until I thought them firebrands.
Kindled into flame, I deemed them torches.
تَلبَّسْنthey clothed themselves ثوباًa robe عُصْفُريّاًsafflower-dyed تخالهاyou would think them
تَلبَّسْن ثوباً عُصْفُريّاً تخالها
إذاwhen لحظتهاglimpsed them العينُthe eye فيهin it عَرائساbrides
إذا لحظتها العينُ فيه عَرائسا
They donned a safflower-dyed robe; you would take them
Clad in yellow robes I mistook them for brides,
for brides whenever the eye glimpses them in it.
Whenever the eye glimpsed them midst meadows.
لدىbeside روضةٍa garden ماnot إنemphasizing the negation تراءتappeared لناظرٍto a beholder
لدى روضةٍ ما إن تراءت لناظرٍ
نَمَارِقُهاits cushions إلاexcept أرَتْهُshowed him الطَّواوساthe peacocks
نَمَارِقُها إلا أرَتْهُ الطَّواوسا
Beside a garden—no beholder ever glimpses
In a garden, no sooner its carpets appeared
its cushions without being shown peacocks.
To a viewer, than partridges hailed them.
يطيفُcircles بهاaround it أحداقُeyes نَوْرٍblossoms إذاwhen رناgazes
يطيفُ بها أحداقُ نَوْرٍ إذا رنا
رناgazes ثانيَbending الأحداقِthe eyes يقظانَwakeful ناعساdrowsy
رنا ثانيَ الأحداقِ يقظانَ ناعسا
Blossom-eyes encircle it; whenever they gaze,
Dewdrops on it glide, when it thrills with joy,
they gaze with lowered eyes, wakeful yet drowsy.
The thrills make the slumbering dewdrops dance.
عَمْرْتُI enlivened رباهاits hills بالكؤوسِwith cups مجاذباًtugging with others
عَمْرْتُ رباها بالكؤوسِ مجاذباً
صحابيَmy companions أذيالَtrailing skirts الصِّباyouth ومُخالِسَاand snatching stealthily
صحابيَ أذيالَ الصِّبا ومُخالِسَا
I enlivened its hills with cups, tugging
I spent my youth reveling with my friends,
with my companions at youth’s trailing skirts and stealthily snatching them.
Trailing the tail of my youth and its wiles.
مجالسُgatherings ملكٍa king هاشميٍّHashemite تطاولَتrose high
مجالسُ ملكٍ هاشميٍّ تطاولَت
عُلاهُhis eminence إلىto أنthat طاوَلrivaled in height النجمَthe star جالساwhile seated
عُلاهُ إلى أن طاوَل النجمَ جالسا
Gatherings of a Hashemite king—so high rose
The sessions of the Hashimi king have lasted
his eminence that he rivaled the stars in height while seated.
Till his summit rivaled a star in stature.
تراهُyou see him ولاand no خَلْقٌcreature يُنَافِسُrivals قَدْرَهhis worth
تراهُ ولا خَلْقٌ يُنَافِسُ قَدْرَه
كأَنَّas though لهhe has فيin كلِّevery عضوٍlimb مُنافساa rival
كأَنَّ له في كلِّ عضوٍ مُنافسا
You see him—though no creature rivals his worth—
You see him with no peer to rival his worth,
as though he had a rival in every limb.
As if for each limb he has a competing limb.
خلالٌvirtues غَدَتْbecame فيهاin them المعاليhigh honors رائطاًunclear as written
خلالٌ غَدَتْ فيها المعالي رائطاً
وأضحتand became عليهاupon them المأثُراتُnoble deeds حَبَائساcaptives
وأضحت عليها المأثُراتُ حَبَائسا
Virtues in which high honors have become [unclear in the supplied text],
Corridors thronged with glory and generosity,
and noble deeds have become captives bound to them.
And achievements turned into deep-cut wonders.
فقلْso say للمُجارِيهِto the one racing him متىwhen كانwas راجلٌa man on foot
فقلْ للمُجارِيهِ متى كان راجلٌ
يُحاذيkeeps pace with إلىtoward شأوِthe goal المكارِمnoble deeds فارساa horseman
يُحاذي إلى شأوِ المكارِم فارسا
So tell the one racing him: when has a man on foot
Say to his rivals, has a footman ever
kept pace with a horseman toward the goal of noble deeds?
Rivaled the noble horseman in exploits?
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.