السُمرُthe dark-complexioned لاnot البيضُthe fair-complexioned هُمُthey
السُمرُ لا البيضُ هُمُ
أَولىmore worthy بِعِشقٍof passionate love وَأَحَقand more deserving
أَولى بِعِشقٍ وَأَحَق
The dark-complexioned, not the fair, are
The dark ones, not the pale ones
worthier of passionate love and more deserving.
Are more deserving of love, and have more right
وَإِنand if تَدَبَّرتَyou reflect upon مَقاfirst fragment of 'my words'
وَإِن تَدَبَّرتَ مَقا
ليfinal fragment of 'my words' مُنصِفاًimpartially قُلتُI said (as vowelled; context suggests 'you would say') صَدَقhe spoke truly
لي مُنصِفاً قُلتُ صَدَق
And if you reflect upon my
And if you examine my words impartially
words impartially, you would say, 'He spoke truly.'
You would say I spoke the truth
السُمرُthe dark-complexioned فيin لَونِthe hue of اللِمىthe dusky coloring of lips
السُمرُ في لَونِ اللِمى
وَالبيضُand the fair-complexioned فيin لَونِthe hue of البَهَقpale skin blotches
وَالبيضُ في لَونِ البَهَق
The dark have the hue of dusky lips,
The dark ones are the color of pitch
and the fair have the hue of pale skin blotches.
While the pale ones are the color of sand
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.