واAh! بأبيmy father be his ransom أبيضa fair-skinned one فيwith صفرةٍa yellow tinge
وا بأبي أبيض في صفرةٍ
كأنهas though he were تبرٌunworked gold علىupon فضَّهsilver
كأنه تبرٌ على فضَّه
Ah, my father be his ransom—fair-skinned, tinged with yellow,
By my father white in yellowness
as though he were gold upon silver.
As if he is musk on his silver
جرَّدَهُstripped him bare الحمامُthe bathhouse عنfrom دُرَّةٍa pearl
جرَّدَهُ الحمامُ عن دُرَّةٍ
تلوحُappear فيهاin it عُكَنٌfolds of flesh بضَّهsoft and plump
تلوحُ فيها عُكَنٌ بضَّه
The bathhouse bared him, revealing a pearl
The pigeons stripped him of a pearl
in which soft, plump folds appear.
In which resided a nest, pressed
غُصنٌa bough تبدىappeared يتثنىswaying علىabove
غُصنٌ تبدى يتثنى على
مأكمةٍa fleshy rump مثقلةِweighed down النهضهrising
مأكمةٍ مثقلةِ النهضه
A bough appeared, swaying above
A branch appears, bending over
a rump whose weight makes rising hard.
A filled cup, heavy in its raising
كأنماas though الرشthe spray علىupon خدِّهِhis cheek
كأنما الرش على خدِّهِ
طلٌّdew علىupon تفاحةٍan apple غضَّهfresh and tender
طلٌّ على تفاحةٍ غضَّه
As though the spray upon his cheek
As if the sprinkling on his cheek
were dew upon a fresh, tender apple.
Is dew on an unripe apple
صفاتُهhis attributes فاتنةٌenchanting كلهاall of them
صفاتُه فاتنةٌ كلها
فبعضُهso one part of him يُذكرنيreminds me of بعضَهanother part of him
فبعضُه يُذكرني بعضَه
His every feature is enchanting;
His qualities are all charming
so one part of him reminds me of another.
Some remind me of others
ياAh! ليتنيI wish زوَّدنيhe would give me قُبلةًa kiss
يا ليتني زوَّدني قُبلةً
أولاor, if not فمنthen from وجنتهِhis cheek عَضَّهa bite
أولا فمن وجنتهِ عَضَّه
Ah, if only he would give me a kiss,
Oh, if only he had given me a kiss
or, failing that, a bite of his cheek.
First, from his soft cheek I'd have nibbled
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.