جازpassed النسيمthe breeze علىover الغيدthe graceful maidens الرعابيبthe tender beauties
جاز النسيم على الغيد الرعابيب
فجاءand so it came يحملcarrying منهاfrom them نفحةَa waft الطيبthe perfume
فجاء يحمل منها نفحةَ الطيب
The breeze passed over the graceful, tender maidens,
The breeze passed over the swaying branches
and came bearing from them a waft of perfume.
Carrying from them a scent of sweet perfume
هيthey الظِباthe gazelles بضُباwith the blades الألحاظthe glances صرعتfelled
هي الظِبا بضُبا الألحاظ صرعت
ليثاًa lion فأضحىand so he became لديهاin their presence غيرَnot مطلوبsought in vengeance
ليثاً فأضحى لديها غيرَ مطلوب
They are gazelles who, with the blades of their glances, felled
She is a gazelle with seducing glances that felled
a lion, who then lay before them, unavenged.
A lion who now unwanted by her became
بماby what right استحلتdeemed lawful فتاةthe maiden الحيّof the tribe سفكshedding دميmy blood
بما استحلت فتاة الحيّ سفك دمي
واستعذبتand found sweet فيin مِطالdelaying الوصلunion تعذيبيtormenting me
واستعذبت في مِطال الوصل تعذيبي
By what right did the maiden of the tribe deem spilling my blood lawful,
With the blood she shed of this love-torn man
and relish tormenting me by delaying our union?
And the torment she savored in the pain of longing
هبsuppose حسنthe beauty يوسفof Joseph فيهاin her مودعٌlodged أولمand did ... not?
هب حسن يوسف فيها مودعٌ أولم
يكنexist لهاfor her فيin فؤاديmy heart وجدُthe yearning يعقوبِof Jacob
يكن لها في فؤادي وجدُ يعقوبِ
Grant that Joseph's beauty is lodged in her—yet was there not
Was not the beauty of Joseph deposited in her
Jacob's yearning for her within my heart?
Or did she not stir passion in my heart like Jacob's
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.