ياAh ربmany a ليلnight جبتهI traversed it
يا رب ليل جبته
ورداؤهand its mantle لمnot يدرجwas folded up
ورداؤه لم يدرج
Ah, many a night have I traversed,
O Lord, the night has come
and its mantle had not been folded up.
With its cloak unrolled
تبدوappear نجومstars سمائهits sky
تبدو نجوم سمائه
مثلlike الذبالthe wicks المسرجlighted
مثل الذبال المسرج
The stars of its sky appear
The stars in its sky
like lighted wicks.
Like threaded pearls
تحكيresemble قلائدnecklaces لؤلؤpearls
تحكي قلائد لؤلؤ
نثرتwere scattered علىupon قيروزجturquoise
نثرت على قيروزج
They resemble necklaces of pearls
Tell tales of necklaces
scattered upon turquoise.
Strewn on turquoise
وبداand appeared المجنthe shield كجدولlike a stream
وبدا المجن كجدول
فيin وسطthe midst of روضa meadow بنفسجviolets
في وسط روض بنفسج
And the shield appeared like a stream
And the moon looked like a stream
amid a meadow of violets.
In the midst of a violet garden
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.