أتانيcame to me كتابٌa letter منfrom شقيقىmy brother وَوَالدِىand my father
أتاني كتابٌ من شقيقى وَوَالدِى
فصارَso it became أُحَيْلىdearer منthan طَرِيفىmy newly acquired wealth وَتَالِدِىand my inherited wealth
فصارَ أُحَيْلى من طَرِيفى وَتَالِدِى
A letter came to me from my brother and my father,
A letter came to me from my brother and father
so it became dearer than my newly acquired and inherited wealth.
So my longing was renewed from its languor and lethargy
ولماand when أتانيit came to me صارَit became للهمِّof sorrow كاشِفاًa dispeller
ولما أتاني صارَ للهمِّ كاشِفاً
كَوَصْلِlike affectionate contact حبيبa beloved منfrom حبيبa beloved مُبَاعدِfar away
كَوَصْلِ حبيب من حبيب مُبَاعدِ
And when it reached me, it dispelled sorrow,
And when it came to me, it revealed my worries
like affection reaching one beloved from another far away.
Like the joining of a lover with a distant beloved
أقلِّبُهI turn it over طَوراًat one time وأطْويهand I fold it تارةًat another time
أقلِّبُه طَوراً وأطْويه تارةً
وأنشرهand I unfold it أُخْرىat another time بتلكamid those المَشاهِدscenes
وأنشره أُخْرى بتلك المَشاهِد
At times I turn it over, at times I fold it,
I turn it over and fold it at times
and at other times unfold it amid those scenes.
And unfold it again to view those scenes
فأصبحتُso I became ذَاpossessed of شَوْقٍlonging شديدintense كأننيas though I were
فأصبحتُ ذَا شَوْقٍ شديد كأنني
أخوone possessed of وَلَهٍlove's bewilderment أشجاهُsaddened him ذكرُremembrance المعاهِدfamiliar haunts
أخو وَلَهٍ أشجاهُ ذكرُ المعاهِد
So I became filled with intense longing, as though I were
So I became full of intense longing as if I were
one distraught with love, saddened by memories of familiar haunts.
A lovesick brother stirred by the mention of past unions
أَيَاO واحداًone unmatched فيin هَجْرِهhis abandonment وجَفَائِهand his coldness
أَيَا واحداً في هَجْرِه وجَفَائِه
أناI واجدlove-stricken فيin الشوقlonging رفقاbe gentle بواجدwith one love-stricken
أنا واجد في الشوق رفقا بواجد
O you, unmatched in your abandonment and coldness,
Oh how in his estrangement and aloofness
I am stricken with longing; be gentle with one so stricken.
I find sympathy for one pained like myself
وَعِنديand within me مِنof الشوقِlonging المبرّحagonizing مَاthat which نفَىbanished
وَعِندي مِن الشوقِ المبرّح مَا نفَى
رُقَادsleep جُفونيmy eyelids عنfrom لذيذdelightful المراقدbeds
رُقَاد جُفوني عن لذيذ المراقد
Within me is such agonizing longing that it has robbed
And I have from fervent longing what dispelled
my eyelids of sleep in delightful beds.
The sleep from my blissful, tranquil eyes
ولوand even if أَلُفa thousand خطٍّa written line ماnot تسلَّتwere consoled قلوبناour hearts
ولو أَلُف خطٍّ ما تسلَّت قلوبنا
بهاin them ليسnot تُسْلِينَاconsole us سُطورُlines الكواغدthe sheets of paper
بها ليس تُسْلِينَا سُطورُ الكواغد
Even if there were a thousand written lines, our hearts would find no comfort
If a thousand lines, our hearts would not be solaced
in them; lines on sheets of paper do not console us.
By them, these rows of paper do not comfort us
ولوand even if أنَّthat دونَbefore reaching الوَصْلreunion قطعcrossing فَدَافِدٍbarren wastes
ولو أنَّ دونَ الوَصْل قطع فَدَافِدٍ
قطعناwe would traverse بتدآبwith persistent effort شِدَادharsh الفَدَافِدthe barren wastes
قطعنا بتدآب شِدَاد الفَدَافِد
And even if reunion lay beyond a crossing of barren wastes,
If between reunion were swaths of distance
we would traverse the harsh wastes with tireless effort.
We would traverse them, braving the far stretches
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.