شَقائِقُanemones النُّعْمانal-Nuʿmān والباقِلاand broad beans
شَقائِقُ النُّعْمان والباقِلا
وَجْهٌa face بِكَفِّby the hand of الحُسْنbeauty قدhas رُقِّشاbeen embellished
وَجْهٌ بِكَفِّ الحُسْن قد رُقِّشا
Anemones and broad beans—
The anemones and ranunculus
a face embellished by beauty’s hand.
A face with the palm of beauty embroidered
كأنَّas though هذِيthis وَجْنَةٌa cheek خُمِّشَتْwas scratched
كأنَّ هذِي وَجْنَةٌ خُمِّشَتْ
وذاand this عِذارٌa sideburn فَوْقَهاabove it قَدْhas وَشَىtraced patterns
وذا عِذارٌ فَوْقَها قَدْ وَشَى
As though this were a scratched cheek,
As if it were a garden trimmed
and this a sideburn tracing patterns above it.
And above it a veil that has been woven
وناظِرُand the eye of النَّورِthe blossoms بهاwithin them ناظِرٌgazing
وناظِرُ النَّورِ بها ناظِرٌ
يَرومُseeks أنْto يُبصِرَsee ماwhat خُمِّشاwas scratched
يَرومُ أنْ يُبصِرَ ما خُمِّشا
And the blossoms’ eye within them gazes,
The beholder of light in it is a beholder
seeking to see what has been scratched.
Who tries to discern what was embroidered
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.