إِنif يَمتَرِdoubt الشُكَّاكُthe doubters فيكَabout you فَإنَّكَthen indeed you are الthe
إِن يَمتَرِ الشُكَّاكُ فيكَ فَإنَّكَ ال
مَهديّrightly guided one (Mahdi) مُطفِئُquencher of جَمرَةَthe ember of الدّجّالِthe Antichrist
مَهديّ مُطفِئُ جَمرَةَ الدّجّالِ
If doubters question you, then you are the
If the skeptic doubts you, you are the Mahdi
Mahdi, quencher of the Antichrist’s ember.
quenching the embers of the Antichrist
فَلِعَودَةِso for the return of الجَبَلِthe mountain الّذيwhich أَظلَلتَهُyou overshadowed it
فَلِعَودَةِ الجَبَلِ الّذي أَظلَلتَهُ
بِالأَمسِyesterday بَينَamong عَناطِلٍtowering peaks وَجِبالِand mountains
بِالأَمسِ بَينَ عَناطِلٍ وَجِبالِ
So in the return of the mountain you overshadowed
So for the return of the mountain you shaded
Yesterday, amid towering peaks and mountains,
yesterday between plains and mountains
مُستَرجِعاًreclaiming لَكَfor you بِالسَّعادَةِwith good fortune آيَةًa sign
مُستَرجِعاً لَكَ بِالسَّعادَةِ آيَةً
رَدَّتit repelled مَطَالthe delay of الفالِthe omen غَيرwithout مُطالِbeing delayed
رَدَّت مَطَال الفالِ غَير مُطالِ
You reclaimed, auspiciously, a sign for yourself
Restoring to you, with happiness, a verse
That ended the omen’s delay without delay.
that refuted the accusations of fate unrelentingly
لَمnot يُعْطَهاwas granted it إِلّاexcept سُليمانSolomon وَقَدand already
لَم يُعْطَها إِلّا سُليمان وَقَد
نِلتَyou attained الرقاءَascent بِموشكِwith swift الإِعجالِhaste
نِلتَ الرقاءَ بِموشكِ الإِعجالِ
None but Solomon was granted it; yet you
It was only given to Solomon, and you
Attained the heights with swift dispatch.
obtained leadership with the urgency of completion
زَجرٌan augury جَرىcame forth لِسَريرِconcerning the throne of مُلكِكَyour kingship أَنَّهُthat it
زَجرٌ جَرى لِسَريرِ مُلكِكَ أَنَّهُ
كَسَريرِهِlike his throne عَنabove كُلِّall جُدرٍwalls عالِrising high
كَسَريرِهِ عَن كُلِّ جُدرٍ عالِ
An augury declared that your royal throne,
A prohibition has passed for your royal court that it
Like his, rises above every wall.
is like his, above every high wall
فَلَوِso if البِحارُthe seas السَّبعَةُseven اِستَهوَينَهُdrew it down
فَلَوِ البِحارُ السَّبعَةُ اِستَهوَينَهُ
وَأَمَرتَهُنَّand you commanded them قَذَفنَهُthey would cast it forth فيat الحالِonce
وَأَمَرتَهُنَّ قَذَفنَهُ في الحالِ
Were the seven seas to draw it into their depths,
If the seven seas swallowed it
At your command they would cast it forth at once.
and you commanded them to throw it out immediately
يَوماكَyour two days يَومُa day of نَدىًbounty وَيَومand a day of نِزالِbattle
يَوماكَ يَومُ نَدىً وَيَوم نِزالِ
أَخرَستَyou silenced شَقشَقَةَthe bluster of الضَّلالِfalsehood وَقُدْتَهُand you led it
أَخرَستَ شَقشَقَةَ الضَّلالِ وَقُدْتَهُ
Your two days: a day of bounty and a day of battle.
Your day is a day of dew and a day of descent
You silenced falsehood’s bluster and led it
You silenced the clamor of misguidance and led it
قَودَthe leading of الذَّلُولِa docile beast أَطاعَit obeyed بَعدَafter صِيالِcharging
قَودَ الذَّلُولِ أَطاعَ بَعدَ صِيالِ
وَرَمَيتَand you assailed دارَthe abode of المُشرِكينَthe polytheists بِصَيلَمٍwith a devastating host
وَرَمَيتَ دارَ المُشرِكينَ بِصَيلَمٍ
Like a docile beast, obedient after charging.
to the sacrifice of the submissive after the howl
You assailed the polytheists’ abode with a devastating host.
And you shot the home of the polytheists with arrows
أَلحَفتَyou pressed relentlessly فيهاtherein الحَربَthe war بَعدَafter حيالِbarrenness
أَلحَفتَ فيها الحَربَ بَعدَ حيالِ
وَسَعَرتَand you kindled بَينَbetween تَريبِهمtheir breasts وَتُرابِهِمand their dust
وَسَعَرتَ بَينَ تَريبِهم وَتُرابِهِم
There you pressed war relentlessly after barrenness.
in which you mixed up war after preparation
And between their breasts and their dust you kindled
And you stirred up terror amidst their confusion and dust
ذُعراًterror يُشيبُturns gray نَواصِيَthe forelocks of الأَطفالِchildren
ذُعراً يُشيبُ نَواصِيَ الأَطفالِ
فَوقَupon الخَطيمِal-Khatim وَقَدand already خَطَمتyou bridled زَعيمَهمtheir leader
فَوقَ الخَطيمِ وَقَد خَطَمت زَعيمَهم
A terror that turns children’s forelocks gray.
A terror that makes the forelocks of infants turn white
Upon al-Khatim, you had already bridled their leader
Above al-Khaṭīm when you tore up their leader
ضَرْباًwith blows سوابِقَهits first strokes بِغَيرwithout تَواليfollowing strokes
ضَرْباً سوابِقَه بِغَير تَوالي
ضَرباًblows مَلأْتَyou filled فِرنجَةًthe Franks مِنfrom حَرِّهِits heat
ضَرباً مَلأْتَ فِرنجَةً مِن حَرِّهِ
With blows whose first had none to follow.
Blows whose predecessors have no succession
Blows whose heat filled the Franks
Blows with which you filled a Frankish oven
رَهَباًdread بِهِin it سَيفُthe sword of الصَّقالِبِthe Slavs صاليburning
رَهَباً بِهِ سَيفُ الصَّقالِبِ صالي
وَبِفَجِّand in the pass of حارِمَHarim أَحرَمتْtook sacred vows لِقراعِهمto clash with them
وَبِفَجِّ حارِمَ أَحرَمتْ لِقراعِهم
With dread; in it the Slavs’ sword burns.
with his heat which makes the swords blaze
And in Harim’s pass, consecrated to clashing with them,
And in the violation of their inviolable territory
هيمٌthirsting ones أَحَلنَthey made النّومَsleep غيرَnot حلالِlawful
هيمٌ أَحَلنَ النّومَ غيرَ حلالِ
عَجَمواthey tested عَلىat الجِسرِthe bridge الحَديدِiron حَديدَهاits steel
عَجَموا عَلى الجِسرِ الحَديدِ حَديدَها
Were thirsting blades that made sleep unlawful.
panic in which sleep is not lawful
They tested its steel upon the Iron Bridge:
They froze on the iron bridge, its iron
نَبعاًhard bow-wood يُعاذِمهُgnaws at it أديرunclear in the supplied text دُصالِunclear in the supplied text
نَبعاً يُعاذِمهُ أدير دُصالِ
زَلزَلْتَyou shook أَرضَهُمُtheir land بِوقعِwith the impact of صَواعِقٍthunderbolts
زَلزَلْتَ أَرضَهُمُ بِوقعِ صَواعِقٍ
Bow-wood, gnawed at by [unclear wording].
a spring whose basins the mountain monasteries pour
You shook their land with the impact of thunderbolts
You shook their land with the impact of thunderbolts
أَعطَينَناthey gave us أَمناًsafety مِنَfrom الزلزالِearthquakes
أَعطَينَنا أَمناً مِنَ الزلزالِ
فيin مَأزِقٍa tight battle شَمَّرْتَyou tucked up ذَيلَكَyour hem تَحتَهُbeneath it
في مَأزِقٍ شَمَّرْتَ ذَيلَكَ تَحتَهُ
That gave us safety from earthquakes.
that gave us safety from earthquakes
In a tight fray, you tucked up your hem beneath it,
When trapped, you tucked up your tail under it
وَالنّصرُwhile victory فَوقَكَabove you مُسبِلُletting trail الأَذيالِthe hems
وَالنّصرُ فَوقَكَ مُسبِلُ الأَذيالِ
فيin دَولَةٍa reign غَرّاءَradiant مَحموديّةof Mahmud
في دَولَةٍ غَرّاءَ مَحموديّة
While Victory above you let its hems trail.
and victory is above you, lowering its tails
Within a radiant reign of Mahmud,
In a glorious, Mahmudian state
سَحَبَتit trailed رِداءَthe mantle of الحَمدِpraise غَيرَnot مُذالِdebased
سَحَبَت رِداءَ الحَمدِ غَيرَ مُذالِ
تُنْسيmake forgotten الفتوحُthe conquests بِهاin it الفُتُوحَthe conquests وتَجتَنيand reap
تُنْسي الفتوحُ بِها الفُتُوحَ وتَجتَني
Which trailed the mantle of praise, undefiled.
that pulled the cloak of praise without humiliation
Its conquests make other conquests forgotten, and reap
Its conquests make one forget past conquests
زُهرَthe blossoms of المَقالeloquence بِبِاهِرِthrough dazzling الأفعالِdeeds
زُهرَ المَقال بِبِاهِرِ الأفعالِ
لَبِستit donned بِنورِthrough Nur (Light of) الدّينِal-Din (the Faith) نورَthe radiance of حَدائِقٍgardens
لَبِست بِنورِ الدّينِ نورَ حَدائِقٍ
The blossoms of eloquence through dazzling deeds.
and reap the flowers of discourse with magnificent deeds
Through Nur al-Din, it donned the radiance of gardens
It wore, with the light of religion, the light of gardens
ثَمراتُهُنَّtheir fruits غَرائبthe wonders of الأَفضالِbounty
ثَمراتُهُنَّ غَرائب الأَفضالِ
مَلكٌa king تَحَجَّبveiled himself فيon السّريرِthe throne بِزَأرَةٍin a lion’s thicket
مَلكٌ تَحَجَّب في السّريرِ بِزَأرَةٍ
Whose fruits are wondrous acts of bounty.
whose fruits are wondrous virtues
A king who veiled himself on his throne in a thicket
A King who secludes himself on the throne with a roar
زَرَّتclosed tightly حَواشيهاits fringes عَلىaround رِئبالِa mighty lion
زَرَّت حَواشيها عَلى رِئبالِ
تَنجابُparts عَنaway from ذيone with لِبدَتَينِtwo manes شَذاتُهُhis galley
تَنجابُ عَن ذي لِبدَتَينِ شَذاتُهُ
Whose fringes closed around a mighty lion.
whose edges flowed over archways
His galley parts, revealing a lion with two manes,
Whose beloved charms peeked out
فيin بُردَتَيthe two mantles of بَدلٍa saint مِنَamong الأَبدالِthe Abdal saints
في بُردَتَي بَدلٍ مِنَ الأَبدالِ
رَفَعhe raised الرّواقَthe pavilion بِروقِat the headland of أَنطاكِيّةAntioch
رَفَع الرّواقَ بِروقِ أَنطاكِيّة
In the twin mantles of a saint among the Abdal.
from a Burda robe instead of the substitute
He raised his pavilion at Antioch’s headland,
He raised the portico with the lightning of Antiochia
فَرَمىand so he struck الخَليجَthe gulf بِمرهَقِwith overwhelming البلبالِturmoil
فَرَمى الخَليجَ بِمرهَقِ البلبالِ
بَدرٌa full moon لأَربَعof four عَشرَةten اِقتَبَسَborrowed السّناradiance
بَدرٌ لأَربَع عَشرَة اِقتَبَسَ السّنا
And cast the gulf into overwhelming turmoil.
and threw the gulf with tired eyelids
A full moon of fourteen nights, he borrowed radiance
A full moon drew the glory
مِنfrom خَمسfive عَشرةten سَورةthe chapter of الأَنفالِal-Anfal (the Spoils)
مِن خَمس عَشرة سَورة الأَنفالِ
فَوزtriumph المَآلِin the final outcome أَخاضَهُmade him wade through ماءَthe water of الطّلىthroats
فَوز المَآلِ أَخاضَهُ ماءَ الطّلى
From verse fifteen of Surat al-Anfal.
from the fifteenth surah of victory
Ultimate triumph made him wade through the blood of throats,
The success of destiny dissolved it in talc water
وَسِواهُand others besides him يُقعِدُهholds him back اِحتِيازُamassing المالِwealth
وَسِواهُ يُقعِدُه اِحتِيازُ المالِ
مُتَقَسِّمapportioning بَينَbetween القَسيمَينِthe two sharers العُلاlofty honor
مُتَقَسِّم بَينَ القَسيمَينِ العُلا
While hoarding wealth keeps others sitting still.
while hoarding wealth makes one miss opportunities
Apportioning lofty honor between the two sharers,
Dividing equally between the two lofty halves
عَنfrom عَمِّthe paternal uncle of عَمٍّa paternal uncle أَوor مخايِلِthe traits of خالِa maternal uncle
عَن عَمِّ عَمٍّ أَو مخايِلِ خالِ
لازِلتَmay you ever تطلعُrise مِنfrom ثَناياthe folds of جَحفَلٍa mighty army
لازِلتَ تطلعُ مِن ثَنايا جَحفَلٍ
From an uncle’s uncle, or a maternal uncle’s traits.
from a paternal uncle or affectionate maternal uncle
May you forever rise from the ranks of a mighty army
You continue to rise out of the folds of legions
يَقفوfollows لِواءَكَyour banner كَاللِّوىlike a sand-dune المنهالِcascading
يَقفو لِواءَكَ كَاللِّوى المنهالِ
لَكَyours is أَنto تُطِلَّlook down عَلىupon الكَواكِبِthe stars راقِياًascending
لَكَ أَن تُطِلَّ عَلى الكَواكِبِ راقِياً
That follows your banner like a cascading dune.
that race to carry your banner like pouring torrents
Yours is to ascend and look down upon the stars,
You can look down on the planets from on high
وَلِحاسِديكَand for your enviers بُكاًweeping علىover الأَطلالِthe ruins
وَلِحاسِديكَ بُكاً على الأَطلالِ
And your enviers’ lot is weeping over ruins.
while your enviers weep over ruins
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.