وَحَياتِهِby his life لاnot خُنْتُهُI betrayed him وَحَياتِهِby his life
وَحَياتِهِ لا خُنْتُهُ وَحَياتِهِ
وَلأَدْخُلَنَّand I shall surely enter النَّارَthe fire فيfor مَرْضاتِهِhis pleasure
وَلأَدْخُلَنَّ النَّارَ في مَرْضاتِهِ
By his life, I shall not betray him—by his life!
By his life I betrayed him not, by his life
And I shall surely enter the fire for his pleasure.
And yet into the flames for his pleasure I’d run
قَمَرٌa moon إِذاwhen اسْتَقْبَلْتَهُyou face him لِضِيائِهِby his radiance
قَمَرٌ إِذا اسْتَقْبَلْتَهُ لِضِيائِهِ
أَبْصَرْتَyou saw وَجهكَyour face مِنْهُfrom him فيin وَجَناتِهِhis cheeks
أَبْصَرْتَ وَجهكَ مِنْهُ في وَجَناتِهِ
A moon: when you face him, by his radiance
A moon, when you face him, his brilliance makes
you see your face reflected in his cheeks.
Your own face shine in his radiance, like the sun
تَتَحَيَّرُare bewildered الأَوْهامُimaginations فيby تَرْكيبِهِhis form
تَتَحَيَّرُ الأَوْهامُ في تَرْكيبِهِ
والوَصْفُand description يَعْجِزُfalls short عنof صِفاتِthe qualities of صِفاتِهِhis qualities
والوَصْفُ يَعْجِزُ عن صِفاتِ صِفاتِهِ
Imaginations are bewildered by his form,
The mind is confused by his composition
and description falls short of describing the qualities of his qualities.
And speech fails describing his attributes’ traits
وَيَميلُand he sways مِنْfrom حَرَكاتِهِhis movements فَكأنَّماso it is as though
وَيَميلُ مِنْ حَرَكاتِهِ فَكأنَّما
يَهْتَزُّsways غُصْنُa branch of البانِthe bān tree فيin حَرَكاتِهِhis movements
يَهْتَزُّ غُصْنُ البانِ في حَرَكاتِهِ
And he sways with his movements, as though
He sways and it seems like a branch of basil
a branch of the bān tree were swaying in his movements.
Is shaking with movement in all of his gaits
مَاnot لاحَظَتْlooked at لَحَظاتُهُhis glances لَحْظَthe gaze of امْرئٍa man
مَا لاحَظَتْ لَحَظاتُهُ لَحْظَ امْرئٍ
إِلاexcept that اسْتَعاذَsought refuge اللحْظُthe gaze مِنْfrom لَحَظاتِهِhis glances
إِلا اسْتَعاذَ اللحْظُ مِنْ لَحَظاتِهِ
His glances never met a man's gaze
Whenever his glances met someone’s own staring
without that gaze seeking refuge from his glances.
That glance sought protection from his lightning gazes
أَحْياهُhe revived him مِنْfrom بَعْدِafter المَمَاتِdeath بِوَصْلِهِthrough union with him
أَحْياهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ المَمَاتِ بِوَصْلِهِ
وَأَماتَهُand he killed him بِالهَجْرِthrough abandonment قَبْلَbefore مَماتِهِhis death
وَأَماتَهُ بِالهَجْرِ قَبْلَ مَماتِهِ
He revived him after death through union with him,
He brought me to life when we rejoined through his love
and killed him through abandonment before his death.
And yet killed me with parting before my life's phases
لِمَwhy لاnot أُخاطِرُI risk فيin هَواهُlove of him بِمُهْجَةٍwith a soul
لِمَ لا أُخاطِرُ في هَواهُ بِمُهْجَةٍ
وَقَفَتْcame to rest خَواطِرُهاits thoughts عَلَىupon خُطُواتِهِhis footsteps
وَقَفَتْ خَواطِرُها عَلَى خُطُواتِهِ
Why should I not risk, for love of him, a soul
Why not risk all and confess this devotion
whose thoughts have come to rest upon his footsteps?
When all my thoughts paused before his steps’ motion
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.