نَجلٌa son لميخائيلَof Mikhail غرّةَGhurra جاءَarrived فيin
نَجلٌ لميخائيلَ غرّةَ جاءَ في
لُبنانَLebanon فَاِبتَسَمَتand so smiled لغرَّتهِupon his radiant brow المُنىhopes
لُبنانَ فَاِبتَسَمَت لغرَّتهِ المُنى
A son of Mikhail Ghurra arrived in
A son to Mikhail, newly arrived in
Lebanon, and hopes smiled upon his radiant brow.
Lebanon, so the wishes smiled at his freshness
رَيّانُfull of vitality قَدindeed مَلأَfilled القُلوبَthe hearts بِوَفدِهِwith his arrival
رَيّانُ قَد مَلأَ القُلوبَ بِوَفدِهِ
بِشَراًjoy وَسَرَّand gladdened بِمُلتَقاهُat meeting him الأَعيُناthe eyes
بِشَراً وَسَرَّ بِمُلتَقاهُ الأَعيُنا
Full of vitality, with his arrival he has filled hearts
Radiant, he filled hearts with his visit
With joy, and gladdened eyes at meeting him.
Good tidings, and eyes sparkled at meeting him
وافَىarrived وَليلُwhile the night الحادِثاتِof calamities مخيِّمٌhung heavy
وافَى وَليلُ الحادِثاتِ مخيِّمٌ
فَجَلاand so dispelled غَياهِبَهُits deep darkness باشراقِwith the radiance of السَنَىlight
فَجَلا غَياهِبَهُ باشراقِ السَنَى
He arrived while the night of calamities hung heavy,
He came while the night of events was overcast
And so dispelled its deep darkness with radiant light.
So he dispelled its darkness with the dawn’s radiance
فَشَداso sang المُؤرِّخُthe chronicler فيهِof him حينَat the time of لِقائِهِmeeting him
فَشَدا المُؤرِّخُ فيهِ حينَ لِقائِهِ
جَبريلُGabriel بَشِّرproclaim glad tidings بِالمَسَرَّةِof joy وَالهَناand bliss
جَبريلُ بَشِّر بِالمَسَرَّةِ وَالهَنا
So the chronicler sang of him upon meeting him:
The historian tied it to his encounter
Gabriel, proclaim glad tidings of joy and bliss!
Gabriel, announce the joy and delight
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.