وَرُبَّand many a حَبيبٍbeloved ليof mine عَدوٍّenemy عليَّagainst me لَمnot
وَرُبَّ حَبيبٍ لي عَدوٍّ عليَّ لَم
يزلcease مُمرِضيone who sickens me لكنbut اراهُI see him طَبيبيmy physician
يزل مُمرِضي لكن اراهُ طَبيبي
And many a beloved of mine—an enemy to me—has never
Many a lover of mine was once a foe.
ceased to sicken me, yet I see him as my physician.
He caused me sickness, but then became my physician.
عَدويmy enemy بماbecause of what يجنيhe perpetrates عليَّagainst me فانbut if أُرِدI wish
عَدوي بما يجني عليَّ فان أُرِد
جَزاهُhis requital تزيّاhe dressed himself ليfor me بزيّin the guise of حبيبa beloved
جَزاهُ تزيّا لي بزيّ حبيب
My enemy for the wrong he does me; but if I seek
My enemy has wronged me, but should I seek redress,
to requite him, he dons a beloved's guise for me.
His beauty would dress me in the robes of a friend.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.