ليI have حَبيبٌa beloved قَدُّهُhis figure قُدwas fashioned (verb begins here)
لي حَبيبٌ قَدُّهُ قُد
دَcompletes the verb 'was fashioned' مِنَfrom السُمرِthe dusky spear-shafts الرِقاقِthe slender ones
دَ مِنَ السُمرِ الرِقاقِ
I have a beloved whose figure was fashioned
I have a lover as tall as a palm tree
from slender, dusky spear-shafts.
Slender as a delicate branch
مَنwhoever رَآهُsaw him وَرَآنيand saw me
مَن رَآهُ وَرَآني
قالَsaid ذاthis غَيرُnot اِتِّفاقيharmony (poetic ending)
قالَ ذا غَيرُ اِتِّفاقي
Whoever sees him and sees me
Whoever sees him and sees me
says, "This is a mismatched pair:
Says it's an unlikely match
أَعوَرُone-eyed الدَجّالِal-Dajjal يَمشيwalks
أَعوَرُ الدَجّالِ يَمشي
خَلفَbehind عَوجِʿAwj بنِson of عُناقِʿUnāq
خَلفَ عَوجِ بنِ عُناقِ
the one-eyed Dajjal walks
The one-eyed deceiver walks
behind ʿAwj, son of ʿUnāq."
Behind the crooked son of Unaq
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.