وَمُستَنصِرٍand a Christian convert يُزهىtakes pride بِخُضرَةِin the green hue of شارِبٍa mustache
وَمُستَنصِرٍ يُزهى بِخُضرَةِ شارِبٍ
وَفَترَةِand the languor of أَجفانٍeyelids وَخَدٍّand a cheek مُوَرَّدِrose-tinted
وَفَترَةِ أَجفانٍ وَخَدٍّ مُوَرَّدِ
And a Christian convert glories in his mustache’s green hue
With a mustache becoming green through youthfulness
and the languor of his eyelids and a rose-tinted cheek.
And languorous eyelids and rose-tinted cheek
كَأَنَّas though عِذارَيهِhis two sideburns عَلىupon قَمَرٍa moon عَلىupon
كَأَنَّ عِذارَيهِ عَلى قَمَرٍ عَلى
قَضيبٍa bough عَلىupon دَعصٍa sand mound رَطيبِmoist الثَرىthe soil نَديdewy
قَضيبٍ عَلى دَعصٍ رَطيبِ الثَرى نَدي
As though his two sideburns were upon a moon, upon
As if his incisors were upon a moon a wand
a bough upon a sand mound, its soil moist and dewy.
a branch sweet smelling soil's wetness
تَبَسَّمَhe smiled إِذwhen مازَحتُهُI teased him فَكَأَنَّهُand so, as though he
تَبَسَّمَ إِذ مازَحتُهُ فَكَأَنَّهُ
يُكَشِّفُdraws back عَنfrom دُرٍّpearls حِجابَa veil زُمُرُّدِemerald
يُكَشِّفُ عَن دُرٍّ حِجابَ زُمُرُّدِ
He smiled when I teased him, and it was as though he
He smiled when I jested with him, as though
were drawing an emerald veil away from pearls.
he were unveiling a pearl concealed by an emerald's covering
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.