وليand I have طَفْلةٌa tender maiden غرثىslender (literally, hungry) الوشاحينِthe two sashes قَدُّهاher figure
ولي طَفْلةٌ غرثى الوشاحينِ قَدُّها
يُحاكيresembles القَنَاlance-shafts فيin لِينِهits suppleness واعتدالِهِand its uprightness
يُحاكي القَنَا في لِينِه واعتدالِهِ
And I have a tender maiden, slender beneath her two sashes; her figure
I have a little girl with braided hair, her neck
resembles a lance-shaft in its suppleness and uprightness.
As pliant as a bamboo stalk in its softness and poise
لَهَامِshe has, from الظِبَاthe gazelles جيدٌa neck وأماand as for جَبِينُهاher brow
لَهَامِ الظِبَا جيدٌ وأما جَبِينُها
ينورُshines كبدرِlike the full moon التَّمِfullness عندَat كمالِهِits perfection
ينورُ كبدرِ التَّمِ عندَ كمالِهِ
She has a gazelle's neck; as for her brow,
Her cheeks like a gazelle’s, her forehead shining
it shines like the full moon at its perfection.
Like the full moon rising at its brightest
وعينٌand an eye كعينِlike the eye of السولعيthe Sawlaʿi antelope وفَرْعُهاand her hair
وعينٌ كعينِ السولعي وفَرْعُها
كَجُنحِlike the wing of الدُّجىdeep darkness فيin لونِهits color وانسدالِهِand its flowing fall
كَجُنحِ الدُّجى في لونِه وانسدالِهِ
And her eye is like a Sawlaʿi antelope's, and her hair
Eyes like a wild cow’s, her eyebrows’ arc
is like the wing of deep night in its color and its fall.
Like wings of night in their color and slope
عِذارٌcheek-down لهاhers كالروضِlike a garden أخضرُgreen مورقٌleafy
عِذارٌ لها كالروضِ أخضرُ مورقٌ
فماso not زالceased طَرفيmy gaze راتعاًgrazing فيin ظِلالِهِits shade
فما زال طَرفي راتعاً في ظِلالِهِ
She has cheek-down like a garden, green and leafy;
Teeth like a blossoming meadow, green and dewy
so my gaze has never ceased grazing in its shade.
My eyes have not stopped roving in their shade
هيshe الغادةُthe tender maiden الغيداءُthe swaying beauty والظَّبْيَةُand the gazelle التيwho
هي الغادةُ الغيداءُ والظَّبْيَةُ التي
مراتِعُهاher grazing grounds فيin عالجٍʿAlij أوor رِمالهِits sands
مراتِعُها في عالجٍ أو رِمالهِ
She is the tender, swaying maiden, the gazelle whose
She is the soft-gaited, the delicate, the gazelle
grazing grounds lie in ʿAlij or its sands.
Who roams the highlands or sandy wastes
تُوَاصلُنيshe stays close to me والشَامِتُونَand the gloaters غوافلٌheedless
تُوَاصلُني والشَامِتُونَ غوافلٌ
وحاسِدُناand our envier فيin شُكْلِهhis fetters وعِقَالهِand his hobble
وحاسِدُنا في شُكْلِه وعِقَالهِ
She stays close to me while the gloaters are heedless,
She visits me while evildoers sleep
and our envier is held in his fetters and hobble,
And those who envy us plot in their cunning
بليلٍat night كانَّas though الشُّهْبَthe bright stars سِمْطٌa necklace بِنَحْرِهِat its throat
بليلٍ كانَّ الشُّهْبَ سِمْطٌ بِنَحْرِهِ
وفيand around جيدِهِits neck طوقٌa collar أضَاshone منfrom هلالِهِits crescent moon
وفي جيدِهِ طوقٌ أضَا من هلالِهِ
on a night when the bright stars seem a necklace at its throat,
On a night when stars rained down in the sky
and a collar glows around its neck with the light of its crescent,
And the crescent gleamed like a ring on her brow
علىon رَوْضةٍa meadow غَنّاءَlush طيبةِsweet الثرىthe moist soil
على رَوْضةٍ غَنّاءَ طيبةِ الثرى
يَحُمّdarkens حواشيهاits borders الحَياthe rain بزلالهwith its limpid water
يَحُمّ حواشيها الحَيا بزلاله
in a lush meadow of sweet, moist earth,
In a blooming meadow of sweet grass
whose borders the rain darkens with its limpid water.
With snakes coiling around its edges for water
كأنَّas though نَدَىbounty (also, dew) الشِبلِthe lion-cub الأميرِthe emir محمدٍMuhammad
كأنَّ نَدَى الشِبلِ الأميرِ محمدٍ
يفيضoverflows عليهاupon it فيضةa flood بنوالهِwith his gifts
يفيض عليها فيضة بنوالهِ
As though the bounty of the lion-cub, Emir Muhammad,
As if the radiance of the cub Muhammad
were pouring upon it in a flood of his gifts.
Spilled over, a stream from his cupped hands
سليلa scion سعيدٍSaʿid ذيpossessor of المحامِدِpraiseworthy qualities والثَناand praise
سليل سعيدٍ ذي المحامِدِ والثَنا
فلاso no أحدٌanyone فيin دهرِهِhis age كمثالِهِlike him
فلا أحدٌ في دهرِهِ كمثالِهِ
Scion of Saʿid, possessor of virtues and praise—
Scion of the lauded Sa’id, model among men
none in his age is his equal.
None in his time can equal his example
فمنso through عدلِهhis justice لمnot يفترقْbe scattered شملُthe company جامعٍa gatherer
فمن عدلِه لم يفترقْ شملُ جامعٍ
ومنand through جودِهhis generosity لمnot يجتمعْcome together شملُthe whole مالِهِhis wealth
ومن جودِه لم يجتمعْ شملُ مالِهِ
Through his justice, no united gathering has been scattered;
His justice never let a clan fall apart
and through his generosity, his wealth has never gathered into a whole.
His generosity never hoarded wealth
فتىa noble youth لوif يُقاسُwere compared الناسُpeople فيin درجاتِهمtheir ranks
فتى لو يُقاسُ الناسُ في درجاتِهم
لماwould not بَلَغُواthey attained فيin العزِّglory قدرَthe worth نعالِهِhis sandals
لما بَلَغُوا في العزِّ قدرَ نعالِهِ
A noble youth—if people were measured by their ranks,
A prince, if people were ranked by their merit
they would not attain, in glory, the worth of his sandals.
His shoe’s laces would exceed their honor
رجوتُI hoped for عطاياهُhis gifts تَصِلْنيto reach me ولمand not يَخِبْbe disappointed
رجوتُ عطاياهُ تَصِلْني ولم يَخِبْ
فتىًa youth يرتجيhopes for نفعَthe benefit العَطاbounty منfrom سؤالِهِasking him
فتىً يرتجي نفعَ العَطا من سؤالِهِ
I hoped his gifts would reach me; never has disappointment befallen
I hoped his gifts would reach me, nor did I lose hope
a youth who hopes for the benefit of bounty by asking him.
No shame when a gift is sought from its giver
لكمto you ياO سعيديونSaʿidis فخرٌpride بذكرِهِin mentioning him
لكم يا سعيديون فخرٌ بذكرِهِ
ودهرُكُمُand your age دهرُthe age of النبيّthe Prophet وآلِهِand his family
ودهرُكُمُ دهرُ النبيّ وآلِهِ
Yours, O Saʿidis, is pride in the mention of him;
What pride is yours in his memory!
and your age is the age of the Prophet and his family.
Yours is the age of the Prophet and his kith
ودمand live on ياO أميرَemir of الخلقِhumankind كالبدرlike the full moon فيin السَّماthe sky
ودم يا أميرَ الخلقِ كالبدر في السَّما
تَنَوِّرُyou shine فيwithin أحْجَالِهits anklet-rings منfrom حِجَالِهِits curtained chambers
تَنَوِّرُ في أحْجَالِه من حِجَالِهِ
And live on, O emir of humankind, like the full moon in the sky,
O prince of men, your blood is like the moon in the sky
shining within its anklet-rings from its curtained chambers.
Illuminating his features in its phases
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.