صُرِفَتْwere turned aside صَرْفاًwholly سِوىexcept for مِدَحٍpraises
صُرِفَتْ صَرْفاً سِوى مِدَحٍ
مَلأَتْهَاfilled them عَذْبَةsweet الكَلِمِthe words
مَلأَتْهَا عَذْبَة الكَلِمِ
All was turned aside, save praises
It was turned aside from any praise
filled with the sweetness of words.
Filled with the sweetness of speech
ولَقَدْand indeed أهْدَتْoffered جَنَىfruit of شَجرٍtrees
ولَقَدْ أهْدَتْ جَنَى شَجرٍ
فِيin عُبوسِthe frown of المَحْلِdrought مُبْتَسِمِsmiling
فِي عُبوسِ المَحْلِ مُبْتَسِمِ
And indeed they offered the fruit of trees
And it has offered the harvest of a tree
smiling amid drought’s frown,
Smiling in the gloom of place
لأخٍto a brother أَشْهَىsweeter علَىto كَبِدِيmy liver
لأخٍ أَشْهَى علَى كَبِدِي
ذِكْرُهُhis remembrance مِنْthan سَلْسَلٍclear-flowing water شَبِمِcold
ذِكْرُهُ مِنْ سَلْسَلٍ شَبِمِ
to a brother—sweeter to my liver
For a brother, whose memory
is his remembrance than cold, clear-flowing water.
Is dearer to my heart than a smooth necklace
منْwho? زُهَيْرٍZuhayr فيin الإجَادَةِmastery أَوْor
منْ زُهَيْرٍ في الإجَادَةِ أَوْ
فِيin فِنَاءِthe courtyard of الجُودِgenerosity مِنْwho? هَرِمِHarim
فِي فِنَاءِ الجُودِ مِنْ هَرِمِ
Who is Zuhayr in mastery—or
From Zuhair in eloquence or
in generosity’s courtyard, who is Harim?
In the perfection of generosity, from Harim
راحَتfound rest الآدابُthe literary arts حِينَwhen غَدَتْcame to be
راحَت الآدابُ حِينَ غَدَتْ
عِنْدَهُin his care مَوْصُولَةَpreserved الرَّحِمِkinship
عِنْدَهُ مَوْصُولَةَ الرَّحِمِ
The literary arts found rest when they came to be
The virtues have found rest when they have come
in his care, their ties of kinship preserved.
To be, through him, bound in kinship
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.