أياO ملكَking الحُسنِbeauty ماذاwhat عداكَhas befallen you
أيا ملكَ الحُسنِ ماذا عداكَ
فحظُّكَso your lot بعدafter الذُّرىthe heights فيin الوِهادِthe lowlands
فحظُّكَ بعد الذُّرى في الوِهادِ
O king of beauty, what has befallen you?
O king of beauty, what else besides you
For your lot has fallen from the heights to the lowlands.
Has fate kept for me in secluded valleys?
أُقبحُI deem ugly العِذارينِthe two sideburns غالاكَthey both robbed you ماwhat
أُقبحُ العِذارينِ غالاكَ ما
ملكتَyou possessed مِنof الحسنِbeauty دونَto the exclusion of العِبادِhumankind
ملكتَ مِن الحسنِ دونَ العِبادِ
I deem the two sideburns ugly: they have robbed you of what
However ugly my reproachers are
you alone among men possessed of beauty.
You have possessed a beauty beyond all mankind
هماboth of them عَدَياboth assailed بعدَafter وانٍdelay عليكَagainst you
هما عَدَيا بعدَ وانٍ عليكَ
وقدthough indeed كنتyou were قِدماًlong ago علىagainst الناسِpeople عاديan assailant
وقد كنت قِدماً على الناسِ عادي
They both assailed you after a delay,
They have turned against you after devotion
though long before you had been the one assailing others.
Though once you were ahead of all people
فشاناso they both marred جمالكَyour beauty عندَat الكمالِperfection
فشانا جمالكَ عندَ الكمالِ
وفلَّاand they both blunted شبابَكَyour youth ذاpossessing الاحتدادِkeenness
وفلَّا شبابَكَ ذا الاحتدادِ
So they marred your beauty at its perfection
So our beauty was eclipsed in its prime
and blunted your keen-edged youth,
And your vigorous youth began to fail
كماjust as خسفَwas eclipsed البدرُthe full moon فيin تمِّهِits fullness
كما خسفَ البدرُ في تمِّهِ
وكُسّرَand was shattered بالطعنِby thrusts صدرُthe forepart الصِّعادِthe straight lances
وكُسّرَ بالطعنِ صدرُ الصِّعادِ
as the full moon is eclipsed at its fullest,
As the moon is eclipsed in its halo
and the heads of lances are shattered by thrusts.
And the breast of the lofty one is pierced by spears
فأصبحنso they became مستحسناتِadmired الخدودِthe cheeks
فأصبحن مستحسناتِ الخدودِ
منof الشّعرِhair المُنتحيencroaching فيin بجادِa coarse striped cloak
من الشّعرِ المُنتحي في بجادِ
So the once-admired cheeks now lie
The fair-cheeked ladies have become more beautiful
in a coarse, striped cloak of encroaching hair,
With hair elegantly braided at their temples
كراياتِlike the banners of مروانَMarwan مبيضَّةًwhite
كراياتِ مروانَ مبيضَّةً
فأخفىthen concealed سناهاtheir radiance ظهورُthe emergence of السّوادِblackness
فأخفى سناها ظهورُ السّوادِ
like the white banners of Marwan,
Like Marwan's spots
whose radiance the rise of blackness concealed.
Whose blackness is concealed by their brightness
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.