وأجْوَفَand a hollow thing معشوقِbeloved الأَنينِthe moaning مُخَفّفٍlightened
وأجْوَفَ معشوقِ الأَنينِ مُخَفّفٍ
تُحرَّكُare set in motion مِنْby إطْرابِنَاour rapture حَرَكَاتُهُits movements
تُحرَّكُ مِنْ إطْرابِنَا حَرَكَاتُهُ
And a hollow, lightweight thing, beloved for its moaning,
With the beloved of sighs, whose movements
its movements are stirred by our rapture.
Are stirred by our restlessness, a lightened
لهit has ألْسُنٌtongues رُكِّبْنَwere fitted منfrom غيرother than جِسْمِهِits body
له ألْسُنٌ رُكِّبْنَ من غير جِسْمِهِ
يُعَادُis brought back إذاwhen أَوْدَتْhave brought ruin بهupon it نَقَرَاتُهُits taps
يُعَادُ إذا أَوْدَتْ به نَقَرَاتُهُ
It has tongues fitted from material other than its own body;
He has tongues assembled without his body
it is restored whenever its taps have brought it to ruin.
That chatter when his tapping awakens them
وبالفَلَكِand to the celestial sphere الدُّوّارِrevolving شَبّهَهُlikened it الّذِيthe one who
وبالفَلَكِ الدُّوّارِ شَبّهَهُ الّذِي
يراهُsees it ففيهfor within it شكلُهُits shape وصِفَاتُهُand its qualities
يراهُ ففيه شكلُهُ وصِفَاتُهُ
And to the revolving celestial sphere it was likened by the one who
He who sees him compares him to the rotating sphere
sees it, for within it are that sphere's shape and qualities.
In it are his image and attributes
تعانِقُهُembraces it بينamong النَّدَامَىthe drinking companions غَرِيزَةٌinstinct (unclear here)
تعانِقُهُ بين النَّدَامَى غَرِيزَةٌ
كَعَابٌa buxom maiden إليهاto her مؤتُهُits death (apparently intended) وحياتُهُand its life
كَعَابٌ إليها مؤتُهُ وحياتُهُ
Among the drinking companions, a woman [epithet unclear] embraces it,
An instinct embraces him among the regrets
a buxom maiden, on whom its death and life depend.
Like a snake to it he tends, it's his life
أساءَتْdid harm إليَّto me الآذانُthe ears مِنْهُof it فأحْسَنَتْand so did good
أساءَتْ إليَّ الآذانُ مِنْهُ فأحْسَنَتْ
بذاكَthrough that إلَىto آذانِناour ears نَغَمَاتُهُits melodies
بذاكَ إلَى آذانِنا نَغَمَاتُهُ
Its ears did me harm, yet good was done
The ears did me wrong from him, and so
through that to our ears by its melodies.
His melodies did good to our ears
ياO نفسُsoul موتيdie فقدfor indeed جدّhas grown severe الأَسَىgrief مُوتيdie
يا نفسُ موتي فقد جدّ الأَسَى مُوتي
مَاnot كُنْتُI was أَوّلَthe first صَبِّpassionate lover غَيْرَnot مَبْخُوتٍfortunate
مَا كُنْتُ أَوّلَ صَبِّ غَيْرَ مَبْخُوتٍ
O soul, die, for grief has grown severe—die!
Oh soul, my death, sorrow has made death real
I was not the first luckless lover.
I wasn't at first pour unrewarded
يَوْمُthe day الفراقِof parting رَمَىstruck شَمْليmy togetherness فَشَتَّتَهُand so scattered it
يَوْمُ الفراقِ رَمَى شَمْلي فَشَتَّتَهُ
رماهُmay He strike it ربِّيmy Lord بِتَفْرِيقٍwith division وتَشْتِيتِand dispersal
رماهُ ربِّي بِتَفْرِيقٍ وتَشْتِيتِ
The day of parting struck my togetherness and scattered it;
The day we parted, he scattered my union
may my Lord strike it with division and dispersal!
Scattered it, my Lord, with separation and dispersal
بكىhe wept إلىuntil غَدَاةِthe morning البَيْنِof parting حينَwhen رَأَىhe saw
بكى إلى غَدَاةِ البَيْنِ حينَ رَأَى
دَمْعِيmy tears يَفيضُoverflow وحالِيand my state حَالَthe state of مَبْهُوتِone bewildered
دَمْعِي يَفيضُ وحالِي حَالَ مَبْهُوتِ
He wept until the morning of parting, when he saw
He cried until the morn of estrangement when he saw
my tears overflowing, and me in a state of bewilderment.
My overflowing tears and my devastated state
فَدَمْعَتيand so my tear ذَوْبُmelt ياقوتٍruby علىupon ذَهَبٍgold
فَدَمْعَتي ذَوْبُ ياقوتٍ على ذَهَبٍ
وَدَمْعُهُand his tears ذَوْبُmelt دُرٍّpearls فَوْقَupon يَاقُوتِruby
وَدَمْعُهُ ذَوْبُ دُرٍّ فَوْقَ يَاقُوتِ
And so my tear was molten ruby upon gold,
My teardrops melted ruby on gold
and his tears were molten pearls upon ruby.
His tears melted pearls on ruby
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.