وراقصةٍand a dancer أسبلتlet hang down لِمّةًa tress
وراقصةٍ أسبلت لِمّةً
عليهاupon her تُؤنّقis made elegant فيin قصِّهاits trimming
عليها تُؤنّق في قصِّها
And a dancer let a tress fall
A dancer draped in a delicate veil
upon her, elegantly trimmed.
Swaying gently to the tune’s refrain
إذاwhen حرّكتهاmoves her لذبٍّto drive away يدُa hand
إذا حرّكتها لذبٍّ يدُ
تغنّىsing الذّبابthe flies علىto رقصهاher dance
تغنّى الذّباب على رقصها
When a hand moves her to drive off flies,
When she moves her hands in graceful style
the flies sing to her dance.
The very flies begin to sing and dance in line
فإنand if رُمتَyou seek تُحصيyou count خصالاًqualities لهاbelonging to her
فإن رُمتَ تُحصي خصالاً لها
لدىduring ذلكthat الرقصِthe dance لمnot تُحصهاyou count them
لدى ذلك الرقصِ لم تُحصها
And if you try to count her qualities
If you tried to count her virtues and her guile
during that dance, you cannot count them.
Lost would be the number during her twirl divine
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.