بوسميِّwith the first seasonal rain حبِّdrops of المُزنِthe rain clouds لاnot بوليِّهِwith their following rain
بوسميِّ حبِّ المُزنِ لا بوليِّهِ
غداbecame الرّوضُthe garden زهواًproudly splendid فيin ملابِgarments زَهيِّهِits brilliant finery
غدا الرّوضُ زهواً في ملابِ زَهيِّهِ
With the clouds' first seasonal drops, not their later showers,
With my kiss of melancholic love, not fleeting fancy,
The garden grew proud, clad in its splendid finery.
The garden became radiant in the beauty of its blooms.
وأولاهُand granted it إرفادُthe aid الوليِّof the following rain برفدِهwith its bounty
وأولاهُ إرفادُ الوليِّ برفدِه
حَباءًa gift بِمُنهلّwith freely pouring الشُّؤونِchannels حَبيّهِits piled clouds
حَباءً بِمُنهلّ الشُّؤونِ حَبيّهِ
The following rain bestowed its bounty upon it,
Its caretaker nourished it with his provisions,
A gift from its piled clouds, their channels pouring freely.
Loving the wellspring of favors with his affection.
وأتبعهُand followed it جودُthe abundant bounty العِهادِof recurring showers بِحبوِهwith its gift
وأتبعهُ جودُ العِهادِ بِحبوِه
فأصبحَso became ظاميهِits thirsty soil شرُوقاًchoked بريّهِwith its saturation
فأصبحَ ظاميهِ شرُوقاً بريّهِ
Then the plentiful recurring rains followed with their gifts,
The servants followed with their generosity,
Until its thirsty soil was choking on its fill.
So its darkness became brilliant with auspicious light.
دِراكاًin close succession بأنواءٍwith rain-bearing stars تباعٍconsecutive ثلاثةٍthree
دِراكاً بأنواءٍ تباعٍ ثلاثةٍ
بحُوتيّهِwith its Piscean shower ثوريّهِits Taurean shower أسديّهِits Leonine shower
بحُوتيّهِ ثوريّهِ أسديّهِ
In close succession came three star-seasoned showers,
Successive in consistent rhythms, threefold melodies
Its showers of Pisces, Taurus, and Leo.
Melodious, revolutionary, leonine.
فراحَso became ثراهُits soil شاكراًthankful لسمائهِto its sky
فراحَ ثراهُ شاكراً لسمائهِ
بلفظٍin an utterance عليليِّlanguid in التهادِيgentle swaying هديِّهِits gentle manner
بلفظٍ عليليِّ التهادِي هديِّهِ
So its soil gave thanks to its sky,
So its prosperity became thankful for its skies
In a softly swaying utterance, gentle in its manner.
In refined language of gentle calm and guidance.
تَرىyou see سُندسيّsilken النبتِthe growth تحتَbeneath كِمامهِits flower-cups
تَرى سُندسيّ النبتِ تحتَ كِمامهِ
كموشيِّlike patterned صُبغِcolor العِهنِof dyed wool فيin عبقريّهِits sumptuous carpets
كموشيِّ صُبغِ العِهنِ في عبقريّهِ
You see the silken growth beneath its flower-cups,
You see the lily’s stalk beneath its headwrap
Like the patterned hues of wool in its splendid carpets.
Like the dye’s infusion in its delicate fragrance.
تبدّىappeared حلياًbejeweled فيin قلائدِnecklaces of زهرِهِits flowers
تبدّى حلياً في قلائدِ زهرِهِ
فقلناso we spoke حليّاًsweetly فيin فنونvarieties of حُليّهِits ornaments
فقلنا حليّاً في فنون حُليّهِ
It appeared bejeweled in the necklaces of its flowers;
It appeared adorned with necklaces of its flowers
So we spoke sweetly of its manifold adornments.
So we said “Adorned with the diverse arts of its adornment.”
كأنّas though أقاحيهِits daisies نِظامُa string of لآلئٍpearls
كأنّ أقاحيهِ نِظامُ لآلئٍ
تداعىfell apart نِثاراًscattered loose فيin جِنانِgardens جنيّهِits ripe produce
تداعى نِثاراً في جِنانِ جنيّهِ
As though its daisies were a string of pearls
As though its buds were a string of pearls
That broke and scattered through its fruitful gardens.
Cascading blossoms in its gardens of harvest.
كأنَّas though يواقيتَrubies of الشّقائقِthe anemones شُقّقتwere split
كأنَّ يواقيتَ الشّقائقِ شُقّقت
فَصِيغتthen were fashioned مِنfrom الحوذانِbuttercups فيin عسجديّهِits gold
فَصِيغت مِن الحوذانِ في عسجديّهِ
As though the anemones' rubies had been split,
As though the daisies’ rubies were split
Then set into its gold, wrought from buttercups.
And crafted from blister pearls in its craftsmanship.
يُطرّزُهاembroiders them حُسناًwith beauty زمرُّدُthe emerald of آسهِits myrtle
يُطرّزُها حُسناً زمرُّدُ آسهِ
بماwith what يتراءىappears to view مِنof صفاclarity جَوهريّهِits jewels
بما يتراءى مِن صفا جَوهريّهِ
The emerald of its myrtle embroiders them with beauty,
Emerald embellishes them beautifully
With the manifest clarity of its jewels.
With the purity gleaming from its essence.
فأحسِنhow lovely, then بنورِis the light الشّمسِof the sun ناظرO beholder of نُورهِits blossoms
فأحسِن بنورِ الشّمسِ ناظر نُورهِ
فتلقىand you find سَناهاits radiance فيin كِمامِflower-cups of سبيّهِits captives
فتلقى سَناها في كِمامِ سبيّهِ
How lovely the sunlight, O beholder of its blossoms!
So the sun’s light perfected the sight of its light
You find its radiance in the flower-cups of its captives.
And met its brilliance in the headwrap of its captivating one.
وقدand indeed عبثتplayed هوجُwild gusts of الرّياحِthe winds بنشرهِwith its fragrance
وقد عبثت هوجُ الرّياحِ بنشرهِ
عَراريِّهِits oxeye scent رنديِّهits laurel scent إذخَريِّهِits sweet-rush scent
عَراريِّهِ رنديِّه إذخَريِّهِ
The wild winds have played with its fragrance—
The winds’ passions have toyed with its dispersal
Its oxeye, laurel, and sweet-rush scents.
Myrrh, reed, sweetgrass in its redolence.
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أتتit came مشمولةٌnorth-wind-cooled بشمولهِby its north wind
إذا ما أتت مشمولةٌ بشمولهِ
أتتit came بشذيِّwith fragrant scent النّدِّof blended perfume عنfrom عنبريِّهِits ambergris
أتت بشذيِّ النّدِّ عن عنبريِّهِ
Whenever a breeze came, touched by its north wind,
Whenever it came filled with its fullness
It brought the sweet scent of blended perfume from its ambergris.
It brought the fragrance of nadd from its ambrine.
فقلتُso I said أنشرٌis it fragrance? تمّbecame complete أمor نشوةٌecstasy نَمتgrew
فقلتُ أنشرٌ تمّ أم نشوةٌ نَمت
بذكرِthrough mentioning عريقٍone of ancient nobility فيin العلاءِglory عليِّهِexalted in it
بذكرِ عريقٍ في العلاءِ عليِّهِ
I said: Is this perfect fragrance, or an ecstasy heightened
So I said “Is it a joyful celebration or blissful intoxication
By mention of one nobly rooted in exalted glory—
With the mention of venerable virtues in the Most High?”
بمستنصريِّwith al-Mustansir's النّحرِbreast مُستنجديّهِhis al-Mustanjid lineage
بمستنصريِّ النّحرِ مُستنجديّهِ
رشيديّهِhis al-Rashid lineage مهديّهِhis al-Mahdi lineage هاشميّهِhis Hashimi lineage
رشيديّهِ مهديّهِ هاشميّهِ
With al-Mustansir's breast, of al-Mustanjid's line,
With the victorious aided one pleading for help,
Of al-Rashid, al-Mahdi, and Hashim?
The rightly guided, the divinely guided, the Hashimite one.
ضربتُI traversed اليهtoward him الدوَّthe desert والدوُّand the desert مجهلٌa trackless waste
ضربتُ اليه الدوَّ والدوُّ مجهلٌ
فلاso no معلمٌlandmark فيin طامسيfeatureless سبسبيّهِits level wasteland
فلا معلمٌ في طامسي سبسبيّهِ
I traversed the desert toward him—a trackless waste,
I turned to him confused and confused is one without a teacher
With no landmark in its featureless plains.
In the darkening gloom of its murky dark.
تلاقىmet بهِin it ذؤبانُwolves غزلانِof the gazelles فأوِهof its ravine
تلاقى بهِ ذؤبانُ غزلانِ فأوِه
وذؤبانُand wolves غزوٍof raiding فيin فيافيdeserts فليّهِof its wilderness
وذؤبانُ غزوٍ في فيافي فليّهِ
There met wolves hunting the gazelles of its ravines,
There the wolves of gazelles met him oh how they wailed
And raiding wolves in its broad desert wastes.
And the wolves of marauders in the melee of its confrontation.
تُلاقيthey meet فتشكوthen complain هذهthese ثمthen هذهthose
تُلاقي فتشكو هذه ثم هذه
طوىًhunger مُستكِنّاًlurking فيin مطاويfolds of طويّهِits empty belly
طوىً مُستكِنّاً في مطاوي طويّهِ
They meet: these complain, and then those,
These would meet and complain, then those,
Of hunger lurking in the folds of their empty bellies.
Far off, finding refuge in the shelters of its valleys.
اذاwhen ماemphatic particle ذكتblazed فيهin it ذُكاءٌDhuka', the sun لهيبهاits blaze
اذا ما ذكت فيه ذُكاءٌ لهيبها
رأيتَyou saw أجيجَthe roar of النارِfire فيin لهبيّهِits flames
رأيتَ أجيجَ النارِ في لهبيّهِ
When Dhuka', the sun, kindled its blaze there,
Whenever a spark of its flames was kindled
You saw the roar of fire in its flames.
You would see the blaze of fire in its combustion.
كأنّas though بهِin it مِنfrom جمرةِthe ember of القيظِsummer's heat قابساًsomeone taking fire
كأنّ بهِ مِن جمرةِ القيظِ قابساً
يُرىis seen زَندُهُhis fire-stick مِنthrough مُستطارِscattered sparks of وريّهِits kindled fire
يُرى زَندُهُ مِن مُستطارِ وريّهِ
As though someone there had taken fire from summer's ember,
As though in it was an ember from the heat of noon
His fire-stick visible through its scattering sparks.
Its sparks seen from the kindling of its flames.
فمُصطخدُso the sun-basking الحِرباءِchameleon مِنfrom وقعِthe impact of حرّهِits heat
فمُصطخدُ الحِرباءِ مِن وقعِ حرّهِ
طنيٌّailing يُراعيwatches for راحةًrelief مِنfrom طنيّهِits affliction
طنيٌّ يُراعي راحةً مِن طنيّهِ
The sun-basking chameleon, struck by its heat,
So the warrior’s coat of mail was heated from the impact of its heat
Ails, watching for relief from its affliction.
A clay oven seeking refuge in its clay.
فكلُّso every قراback غُصنٍof a branch مُمالٍbent براكبٍby a rider
فكلُّ قرا غُصنٍ مُمالٍ براكبٍ
كمرتبئٍlike a lookout مُستوسِقٍfirmly settled بِرُبيّهِon its hilltops
كمرتبئٍ مُستوسِقٍ بِرُبيّهِ
Every branch's back bends beneath a rider,
For every vine branch laden with its rider
Like a lookout firmly settled on its hilltops.
Was like a water skin filled to capacity by its rain.
بعيرانةٍon a sturdy she-camel مزؤودةٍstartled مُشمعِلّةٍfleet
بعيرانةٍ مزؤودةٍ مُشمعِلّةٍ
تَشقُّshe cleaves بضبعيهاwith her two forearms قَراridges of فَدفديّهِits high plains
تَشقُّ بضبعيها قَرا فَدفديّهِ
On a sturdy she-camel, startled and fleet,
With bellowing camels, their humps kindled,
She cleaves the ridges of its high plains with her forelegs.
Tearing through its knolls with their knee joints.
أمونٍsure-footed كمِرادةِlike a smooth slab الصَفاةِof rock أطاحَهاswept it away
أمونٍ كمِرادةِ الصَفاةِ أطاحَها
جُحافٌa scouring flood تمطّىstretched فيacross مطاridges of قردديّهِits rocky heights
جُحافٌ تمطّى في مطا قردديّهِ
Sure-footed, like a smooth rock-slab swept away
Securely, like the hut of the watchman toppled
By a scouring flood stretching along its rocky ridges.
By ravaging winds swirling in the eddies of its whirlpools.
ترتّعتِgrazed freely السّقطينِboth margins مِنfrom مرتعِthe pasture of اللّوىthe winding dune
ترتّعتِ السّقطينِ مِن مرتعِ اللّوى
ببارضهِon its first shoots حتّىuntil التوتshe turned للويّهِto its withered grass
ببارضهِ حتّى التوت للويّهِ
She grazed both edges of the winding dune's pasture,
The two harvests have grazed on the pasture of afflictions
On its first shoots, until she turned to its withered grass.
Until the fruits belonged to their possessor.
تُريغُshe seeks كلاهُits herbage بينَbetween ذاوٍwithered ويانعٍand flourishing
تُريغُ كلاهُ بينَ ذاوٍ ويانعٍ
بأصهبِamong tawny عافيهِits grown-up grass وجَونِand dark عفيّهِits thick growth
بأصهبِ عافيهِ وجَونِ عفيّهِ
Seeking its herbage, both withered and flourishing,
Each is diverted by a fertile and tender branch
Among its tawny stands and dark, abundant growth.
With its plentiful grace and beautiful tenderness.
أقامتshe stayed بهِin it حتّىuntil بداappeared النجمُthe star طالعاًrising
أقامت بهِ حتّى بدا النجمُ طالعاً
تطيرُsend flying سَفىawns البُهمىof wild grass سوافيdust-driving winds سفيّهِof its windblown sand
تطيرُ سَفى البُهمى سوافي سفيّهِ
She stayed there until the star appeared rising,
They stayed until the star rose ascending
Its dust-driving winds sending the wild grass's awns flying.
As the birds of gloom took flight in its foolishness.
اذاwhen ماemphatic particle رعتgrazed on منهاof her المهامهُthe deserts جانباًa side
اذا ما رعت منها المهامهُ جانباً
رَعىgrazed on سيُرهاher travel مِنsome of مُنتأىthe remoteness مهمهيّهِof its deserts
رَعى سيُرها مِن مُنتأى مهمهيّهِ
Whenever the wastes grazed away a part of her,
Whenever the ostrich turned away
Her journey grazed away their far-off reaches.
It watched its departure from a distant vantage.
كعَيرٍlike Mount 'Ayr اذاwhen عاينتهُyou beheld it متوهّماًin imagination
كعَيرٍ اذا عاينتهُ متوهّماً
وعيرٍand a wild ass اذاwhen عاينتهُyou beheld it فيin هويّهِits headlong descent
وعيرٍ اذا عاينتهُ في هويّهِ
Like Mount 'Ayr when you envisioned her,
Like a camel, when you see it lost
And a wild ass when you watched her headlong rush.
And a camel when you see it in its love.
بأيدٍwith strength تبذُّoutstrips الطرفَthe eye سرعةُthe speed جِدّهاof her striving
بأيدٍ تبذُّ الطرفَ سرعةُ جِدّها
بأيدٍwith forelegs تبُذُّoutstrip الطرفَthe courser فيon جَددّيهِits firm, level tracks
بأيدٍ تبُذُّ الطرفَ في جَددّيهِ
With power—her striving speed outstrips the eye—
With hands whose swiftness of attack
With forelegs outstripping a courser on its firm, level tracks.
And hands whose attack was swift in its onslaughts.
بعيديّةٍon an 'Idiyya camel جاءتshe came ترامىhurling herself onward بعيدِهاwith her 'Id-bred vigor
بعيديّةٍ جاءت ترامى بعيدِها
الىto بابthe gate محجوجِof one sought by pilgrims الذُّرىthe lofty heights نَبويهِhis Prophetic lineage
الى باب محجوجِ الذُّرى نَبويهِ
On an 'Idiyya mount, hurtling onward with her 'Id-bred vigor,
With aRemote she-camel that extended its distance
To the gate of him whose Prophetic heights draw pilgrims.
To the door, veiled from sight, of its Prophet’s dwelling.
فلماand when أناختshe knelt تحتَbeneath ظلِّthe shade of جنابهِhis court
فلما أناخت تحتَ ظلِّ جنابهِ
أناختshe knelt بضافيin ample الظّلِّshade مستعصميّهِhis Musta'simi protection
أناخت بضافي الظّلِّ مستعصميّهِ
When she knelt beneath the shade of his court,
So when it knelt in the shade of his honorable threshold
She knelt in the ample shade of al-Musta'sim.
It knelt protected in the shade’s hospitality.
فخُذهاso accept her أميرَCommander of المؤمنينَthe Faithful بديعةًa wondrous creation
فخُذها أميرَ المؤمنينَ بديعةً
تُزفُّled forth as a bride بموشيِّwith embroidered الحلاadornments مُبدعيّهِits creator's work
تُزفُّ بموشيِّ الحلا مُبدعيّهِ
So accept her, Commander of the Faithful, a wondrous creation,
So the Commander of the Faithful accepted it as unique
Led forth as a bride in her maker's embroidered jewels.
Paraded in the adornment of beauty and creativity.
فلاso may you not زلتَcease بالأعيادِat festivals تُلقىbe greeted مهنّاًcongratulated
فلا زلتَ بالأعيادِ تُلقى مهنّاً
بعيشٍwith a life علىthrough مرِّthe passing of الزّمانِtime هَنيّهِits pleasant ease
بعيشٍ على مرِّ الزّمانِ هَنيّهِ
May you always be greeted at festivals with congratulations,
You continue to receive honors on holidays
With a life of ease throughout the passing years.
With a life of ease throughout the passage of time.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.