بأبيwith my father as ransom مُنَطَّقَةُgirdled woman القَوامِthe figure مَشَتْshe walked
بأبي مُنَطَّقَةُ القَوامِ مَشَتْ
كَالغُصنِlike a branch بَينَbetween القَحفِthe skull والقَمَرِand the moon
كَالغُصنِ بَينَ القَحفِ والقَمَرِ
My father be her ransom! Girdled at the waist, she walked
By my father's eloquent tongue she walked
like a branch between the skull and the moon.
Like a branch between the helmet and the moon
لَمياءُdark-lipped تَنطِقُshe speaks عَنfrom مُؤشَّرَةٍfinely serrated teeth
لَمياءُ تَنطِقُ عَن مُؤشَّرَةٍ
خُتِمَwas sealed العَقيقُthe carnelian بهاin her علىover الدُّرَرِthe pearls
خُتِمَ العَقيقُ بها على الدُّرَرِ
Dark-lipped, she speaks through finely serrated teeth;
Her radiant face speaks of beauty
in her mouth, carnelian has been sealed over pearls.
Rubies sealed with it upon pearls
كَيفَhow السُّلوُّforgetting love وسِحرُand the magic مُقْلَتِهاher eye
كَيفَ السُّلوُّ وسِحرُ مُقْلَتِها
قَيْدُfetter الحياةlife وَمِقْوَدُand the rein النَظَرِthe gaze
قَيْدُ الحياة وَمِقْوَدُ النَظَرِ
How can I forget, when the magic of her eye
How wonderful her eyes' sorcery
is life's fetter and the rein of the gaze?
Fetter of life and rein of sight
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.