ياO سَيِّداًmaster بِوِدادِهِthrough his affection
يا سَيِّداً بِوِدادِهِ
مازِلتُI have remained مَلآنَfull اليَدَينِboth hands
مازِلتُ مَلآنَ اليَدَينِ
O master, through whose affection
O beloved of affection
both my hands have always been full,
My hands are still full
إِنif غِبتَyou are absent عَنّيfrom me أَوor حَضَرyou are present (continued)
إِن غِبتَ عَنّي أَو حَضَر
تَending of 'you are present' فَياso, oh! لَهاfor it (exclamatory) مِنof حُسنَيَينِtwo blessings
تَ فَيا لَها مِن حُسنَيَينِ
whether you are absent from me or present—
Whether you are away or near
ah, what a pair of blessings!
What beautiful dualities
إِنّيindeed I بِوِدِّكَin your affection لاعَدِمmay I never lose (continued)
إِنّي بِوِدِّكَ لاعَدِم
تُكَending of 'I lose you' واثِقٌconfident فيin الحالَتَينِboth circumstances
تُكَ واثِقٌ في الحالَتَينِ
I trust in your affection—may I never lose
With your love I never lack
you—in both circumstances.
Confident in either state
وافَتنِيَreached me الأَبياتُthe verses كَالتِبlike gold (continued)
وافَتنِيَ الأَبياتُ كَالتِب
رِending of 'gold' المُصَفّىrefined وَاللُجَينِand silver
رِ المُصَفّى وَاللُجَينِ
The verses reached me, like gold
The verses have afflicted me like pure
refined, and silver.
And refined pearls
يَحكيmirrors بَياضُthe whiteness التِرسِthe shield ليfor me
يَحكي بَياضُ التِرسِ لي
مِنهاfrom them بَياضَthe whiteness الوَجنَتَينِboth cheeks
مِنها بَياضَ الوَجنَتَينِ
The whiteness of the shield evokes for me,
The whiteness of the shield tells me
in them, the whiteness of both cheeks.
Of the whiteness of the two cheeks
وَأَتىand came سَوادُthe blackness مِدادِهاtheir ink
وَأَتى سَوادُ مِدادِها
يَحكيmirrors سَوادَthe blackness المُقلَتَينِboth eyes
يَحكي سَوادَ المُقلَتَينِ
And the blackness of their ink came
And the blackness of its ink
to mirror the blackness of both eyes.
Tells of the blackness of the two eyelids
فَلَثَمتُهاso I kissed them عَدَدَthe number of الحُروthe letters (continued)
فَلَثَمتُها عَدَدَ الحُرو
فِending of 'letters' وَماand not قَنِعتُI was satisfied بِمَرَّتَينِwith two repetitions
فِ وَما قَنِعتُ بِمَرَّتَينِ
So I kissed them once for every letter,
So I kissed it the number of letters
and was not satisfied with just two kisses.
And was not satisfied with just two kisses
كَمhow much راحَةٍcomfort قَدindeed نِلتُهاI gained it
كَم راحَةٍ قَد نِلتُها
مِنfrom جودِthe generosity of تِلكَthose الراحَتَينِboth palms
مِن جودِ تِلكَ الراحَتَينِ
How much comfort I have gained
How much comfort I gained
from the generosity of those two palms!
From the generosity of those two rests
آنَستَyou comforted قَلبيmy heart فيin البُعاseparation (continued)
آنَستَ قَلبي في البُعا
دِending of 'separation' بِقَدرِto the extent ماthat أَوحَشتَyou left desolate عَينيmy eye
دِ بِقَدرِ ما أَوحَشتَ عَيني
You comforted my heart in separation
You brought joy to my heart in separation
as much as you left my eye desolate.
To the extent you saddened my eye
فَعَساكَso may you تَجمَعُbring together لَذَّةَthe delight of الthe
فَعَساكَ تَجمَعُ لَذَّةَ ال
إِثنَينِtwo ليfor me فيin مَوضِعَينِtwo places
إِثنَينِ لي في مَوضِعَينِ
So may you unite the delight of the
May you bring together for me the pleasures
two for me, in two places.
Of two in one place
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.