وريحانَةٍand a basil plant فيin النفسthe soul مَنبِتُthe growing-place of غُصْنهاher branch
وريحانَةٍ في النفس مَنبِتُ غُصْنها
لهاshe has نَفَسٌa breath يُحْييrevives بنفحتِهِwith its fragrance النّفساthe soul
لها نَفَسٌ يُحْيي بنفحتِهِ النّفسا
And a basil plant whose branch takes root in the soul,
A basil plant growing in the soul
She has a breath that revives the soul with its fragrance.
With a breath that brings life to breath
إذاwhen أقْبلتْshe approaches كانتْshe was بتقْويمِwith the shapeliness of خَلْقِهاher form
إذا أقْبلتْ كانتْ بتقْويمِ خَلْقِها
وَمِشْيَتِهاand her gait بِالشمسِwith the sun تَستَوقِفُshe halts الشَّمساthe sun
وَمِشْيَتِها بِالشمسِ تَستَوقِفُ الشَّمسا
When she approaches, with her well-proportioned form
When she comes, her form brings order
And her gait, she halts the sun with the sun.
Her pace halts even the sun
فتاةٌa maiden إذاif استعطفتَyou sought to soften باللينwith gentleness قلبهاher heart
فتاةٌ إذا استعطفتَ باللين قلبها
علىtoward الصّبّthe lovesick lover أضحىit became وهوand it is منthan حجرٍstone أَقسىharder
على الصّبّ أضحى وهو من حجرٍ أَقسى
A maiden: if you gently seek to soften her heart
A girl, if gently wooed in the heart
Toward the lovesick lover, it becomes harder than stone.
Can soften even the hardest stone
ولاand no شكّdoubt أنَّthat الماءwater رطبٌmoist وكلّماand whenever
ولا شكّ أنَّ الماء رطبٌ وكلّما
سَقَيْتَyou quenched حديداًiron فيهin it زادَit increased بهthrough it يُبْساin hardness
سَقَيْتَ حديداً فيه زادَ به يُبْسا
And surely water is moist; yet whenever
Without doubt, water is wet, and the more
You quench iron in it, its hardness grows thereby.
You water iron, the more dry it becomes
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.