صَاحِO friend مَاhow أَعْطَرَfragrant الْقَبُولthe east wind بِنَمَّهْwith fragrance
صَاحِ مَا أَعْطَرَ الْقَبُول بِنَمَّهْ
أَتَرَاهَاdo you think it أَطَالَتِprolonged اللَّبْثَthe stay ثَمَّهْthere
أَتَرَاهَا أَطَالَتِ اللَّبْثَ ثَمَّهْ
O friend, how fragrant the east wind is with perfume!
O companion, how fragrant are the settlements with dew!
Do you think it lingered long there?
Do you think it has prolonged its dampness?
هِيَit دَارُan abode الْهَوَىlove مُنَىdesires النَّفْسِthe soul فِيهَاin it
هِيَ دَارُ الْهَوَى مُنَى النَّفْسِ فِيهَا
أَبَدَforever الدَّهْرِtime وَالأَمَانِيُّand wishes جَمَّهْabundant
أَبَدَ الدَّهْرِ وَالأَمَانِيُّ جَمَّهْ
It is love's abode; the soul's desires dwell there
It is the abode of love, the aspiration of the soul within,
For all time, and wishes abound.
For ever and ever, and desires gathered.
إِنْif يَكُنْit is مَاnot تَأَرَّجgrew fragrant الْجَوُّthe air مِنْهَاfrom it
إِنْ يَكُنْ مَا تَأَرَّج الْجَوُّ مِنْهَا
وَاسْتَفَادَand acquired الشَّذَىperfume وَإِلاَّand if not فَمِمَّهْthen from what?
وَاسْتَفَادَ الشَّذَى وَإِلاَّ فَمِمَّهْ
If the air has not grown fragrant from it
If it was from which the air was perfumed,
And acquired its perfume, then from what else?
And drew fragrance, else it was from them.
مَنْwho لِطَرْفِيfor my eye بِنَظْرَةٍwith a glance وَلأَِنْفِيand for my nose
مَنْ لِطَرْفِي بِنَظْرَةٍ وَلأَِنْفِي
فِيin رُبَاهَاits hills وَفيand in ثَرَاهَاits soil بِشَمَّهْwith a sniff
فِي رُبَاهَا وَفي ثَرَاهَا بِشَمَّهْ
Who will grant my eye a glimpse, and my nose,
Who will give my eyes a glance, and my breath,
Amid its hills and in its soil, a breath of scent?
In its winds and in its soil, a smell?
ذُكِرَwas recalled الْعَهْدُthe old days فَانْتَفَضْتُso I trembled كَأَنِّيas though I
ذُكِرَ الْعَهْدُ فَانْتَفَضْتُ كَأَنِّي
طَرَقَتْنِيcame upon me مِنَfrom الْمَلاَئِكِthe angels لَمَّهْa visitation
طَرَقَتْنِي مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكِ لَمَّهْ
The old days were recalled; I trembled as though
The past was remembered, so I shuddered, as though
A visitation from the angels had come upon me.
An angel had slapped me suddenly.
وَطَنٌa homeland قَدْindeed نَضَيْتُI spent فِيهِin it شَبَاباًyouth
وَطَنٌ قَدْ نَضَيْتُ فِيهِ شَبَاباً
لَمْdid not تُدَنِّسْstain مِنْهُof it الْبُرُودَthe robes مَذَمَّهْreproach
لَمْ تُدَنِّسْ مِنْهُ الْبُرُودَ مَذَمَّهْ
A homeland where I spent my youth,
A homeland I lived my youth in,
Whose robes no reproach ever stained.
Not sullied by the cold, blameworthy.
بِنْتُI parted عَنْهُfrom it وَالنَّفْسُand the soul مِنْfor أَجْلِthe sake of مَنْthe one whom قَدْalready
بِنْتُ عَنْهُ وَالنَّفْسُ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنْ قَدْ
خَلَّفْتُهُI left him behind خِلاَلَهُwithin it مُغْتَمَّهْgrief-stricken
خَلَّفْتُهُ خِلاَلَهُ مُغْتَمَّهْ
I parted from it, and my soul, for the one I had
I turned from it while my soul, because of whom I
Left behind within it, was grief-stricken.
Left behind threading through it worried,
كَانَit was حُلْماًa dream فَوَيْحَso woe to مَنْwhoever أَمَّلَput his hopes in الدَّهْtime (first part)
كَانَ حُلْماً فَوَيْحَ مَنْ أَمَّلَ الدَّهْ
رَcompletion of 'time' وَأَعْمَاهُand blinded him جَهْلُهُhis ignorance وَأَصَمَّهand deafened him
رَ وَأَعْمَاهُ جَهْلُهُ وَأَصَمَّه
It was a dream—woe to whoever put his hopes in time
Was a dream. So woe to him who hoped for life
And was blinded and deafened by his ignorance.
And blinded and deafened him, his ignorance!
تَأَمُلُyou hope for الْعَيْشlife بَعْدَafter أَنْthat خَلِقَgrew worn الْجِسthe body (first part)
تَأَمُلُ الْعَيْش بَعْدَ أَنْ خَلِقَ الْجِس
مُcompletion of 'body' وَبُنْيَانُهُand its structure عَسِيرُdifficult الْمَرَمَّهrepair
مُ وَبُنْيَانُهُ عَسِيرُ الْمَرَمَّه
You hope to live after the body has worn out,
I contemplate life after the body was created
And its frame is hard to repair.
And its structure difficult, blameworthy.
وَغَدَتْand became وَفْرةُthe thick locks الشَّبِيبَةِof youth بِالشَّيْwith gray hair (first part)
وَغَدَتْ وَفْرةُ الشَّبِيبَةِ بِالشَّيْ
بِcompletion of 'gray hair' عَلَىin رَغْمِspite of أَنْفِهَاits nose مُعْتَمَّهْturbaned
بِ عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهَا مُعْتَمَّهْ
And youth's thick locks have become, with gray hair,
And the plentitude of youth turned, despite
Turbaned against their will.
Itself, blind.
فَلَقَدْfor indeed فَازَhas triumphed سَالِكٌa wayfarer جَعَلَhas made اللGod (first part)
فَلَقَدْ فَازَ سَالِكٌ جَعَلَ الل
هcompletion of 'God' إلىtoward اللهGod قَصْدَهُhis aim وَمَأَمَّهْand his destination
ه إلى الله قَصْدَهُ وَمَأَمَّهْ
For a wayfarer has indeed triumphed, for whom God has directed
So he who made his path to God his destination and refuge
His aim and destination toward God.
Has indeed succeeded.
مَنْwhoever يَبِتْspends the night مِنْfrom غُرُورِthe delusion of دُنْيَاworldly life بِهَمٍّwith a worry
مَنْ يَبِتْ مِنْ غُرُورِ دُنْيَا بِهَمٍّ
يَلْدَغُstings الْقَلْبَthe heart أَكْثَرَwill multiply اللهُGod هَمَّهْhis worry
يَلْدَغُ الْقَلْبَ أَكْثَرَ اللهُ هَمَّهْ
Whoever spends the night with a worry born of worldly delusion
Whoever spends the night anxious
That stings the heart—God will multiply his worry.
From the delusion of worldly life, God will increase his worries.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.