أَقَرَّgladdened اللَهُGod عَينيmy eye إِذwhen دَعانيhe summoned me
أَقَرَّ اللَهُ عَيني إِذ دَعاني
أَمينُthe trusted one اللَهِof God يَلطُفُhe is gentle فيin السُؤالِthe questioning
أَمينُ اللَهِ يَلطُفُ في السُؤالِ
God gladdened my eye when he summoned me—
My eye was delighted when he called me
God's trusted one, gentle in his questioning.
The trustee of God is gentle in asking
وَأَثنىand he praised فيconcerning هَوايَmy love عَلَيَّof me خَيراًfavorably
وَأَثنى في هَوايَ عَلَيَّ خَيراً
وَيَسأَلُand he asks عَنabout بَنِيَّmy sons وَكَيفَand how حاليmy condition
وَيَسأَلُ عَن بَنِيَّ وَكَيفَ حالي
And spoke well of me concerning my love,
And he spoke well of my love for him
And asked after my sons and how I fared,
And asked about my children and how I was
وَكَيفَand how ذَكَرتُI mentioned حالَthe condition أَبيof Abu خُبَيبٍKhubayb
وَكَيفَ ذَكَرتُ حالَ أَبي خُبَيبٍ
وَزِلَّةَand the misstep فِعلِهِin his conduct عِندَat السُؤالِthe questioning
وَزِلَّةَ فِعلِهِ عِندَ السُؤالِ
And how I had spoken of Abu Khubayb's condition,
And how I remembered the state of my father Khubayb
And the misstep in his conduct, when questioned.
And his stumbling in answering questions
هُوَhe المَهزِيُّal-Mahzi (meaning uncertain) خَبَّرناهُtold us of him كَعبٌKaʿb
هُوَ المَهزِيُّ خَبَّرناهُ كَعبٌ
أَخوone versed in الأَخبارِthe accounts فيconcerning الحِقَبِthe ages الخَواليbygone
أَخو الأَخبارِ في الحِقَبِ الخَوالي
He is al-Mahzi, Kaʿb told us,
He is the weakener, Ka'b informed us
A man versed in the lore of bygone ages.
The brother of news in difficult times
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.