وافتْcame بهwith him غفلةُheedlessness الرقيبِthe watcher
وافتْ به غفلةُ الرقيبِ
والنجمُand the star قدalready مالَleaned للغروبِtoward setting
والنجمُ قد مالَ للغروبِ
The watcher's heedlessness brought him,
The negligence of the guard granted him access,
And the star had leaned toward setting.
And the star leaned towards sunset.
سكرانَdrunk قدalready هزّتِset swaying الحميَّاthe wine
سكرانَ قد هزّتِ الحميَّا
منهof him قضيباًa slender branch علىupon كثيبa sand dune
منه قضيباً على كثيب
He was drunk; wine had set swaying
Intoxicated, the protective one swayed,
His slender branch atop a dune.
Shaking a rod over a dune.
يعثرُhe stumbles فيin ذيلهhis robe's hem فيحكيand so mimics
يعثرُ في ذيله فيحكي
عَثْرَةَthe stumbling عينيهhis two eyes بالقلوبover hearts
عَثْرَةَ عينيه بالقلوب
He stumbles over his robe's hem, mimicking
He stumbles on his robes and relates
His eyes' stumbling over hearts.
The stumbling of his eyes to hearts.
تاللهby God لوif حازتِpossessed الحميَّاthe wine
تالله لو حازتِ الحميَّا
ماwhat حازhe possessed منof بهجةٍbeauty وطيبand fragrance
ما حاز من بهجةٍ وطيب
By God, if wine possessed
By God, if the protective one attained
What he possessed of beauty and fragrance,
What he attained of joy and fragrance!
دناdrew near إليهاto her الهلالُthe crescent moon حتىuntil
دنا إليها الهلالُ حتى
قبَّلkissed فيupon كفِّهاher palm الخضيبِhenna-dyed
قبَّل في كفِّها الخضيبِ
The crescent moon would draw near her, until
The crescent approached her until
It kissed her henna-dyed palm.
It kissed her bloody palm.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.