الْحُبُّlove مَعْنَىًa meaning لاdoes not يُحِيطُencompass بِسِرِّهِits secret
الْحُبُّ مَعْنَىً لا يُحِيطُ بِسِرِّهِ
وَصْفٌdescription وَلاnor يَجْرِيapplies عَلَيْهِto it مِثَالُa likeness
وَصْفٌ وَلا يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِ مِثَالُ
Love is a meaning whose secret cannot be encompassed
Love has a meaning beyond comprehension,
By description, nor does any likeness apply to it.
A description beyond imagery.
كَالْكَهْرَبَاءَةِlike electricity دَرْكُهَاgrasping it مُتَعَذِّرٌimpossible
كَالْكَهْرَبَاءَةِ دَرْكُهَا مُتَعَذِّرٌ
وَنَسِيمُهَاand its breeze مَتَحَدِّرٌdescending سَيَّالُflowing
وَنَسِيمُهَا مَتَحَدِّرٌ سَيَّالُ
Like electricity, which cannot be grasped,
Like electricity, grasping it is difficult,
And whose breeze descends, flowing freely.
Its breeze flows rapidly.
وَكَذَلِكَand likewise الأَرْوَاحُsouls يَظْهَرُis manifest فِعْلُهَاtheir action
وَكَذَلِكَ الأَرْوَاحُ يَظْهَرُ فِعْلُهَا
وَيَغِيبُand is hidden عَنَّاfrom us سِرُّهَاtheir secret الْفَعَّالُpotent
وَيَغِيبُ عَنَّا سِرُّهَا الْفَعَّالُ
And so it is with souls: their action is manifest,
Thus too are spirits, their actions appear,
While their potent secret is hidden from us.
Yet their mystery remains concealed.
حِكَمٌwise truths تَمَلَّكَهَاhas seized them الْغُمُوضُobscurity فَلَمْso did not يُحِطْencompass
حِكَمٌ تَمَلَّكَهَا الْغُمُوضُ فَلَمْ يُحِطْ
بِرُمُوزِهَاtheir symbols فِيin الْعَالَمِينَall the world مَقَالُdiscourse
بِرُمُوزِهَا فِي الْعَالَمِينَ مَقَالُ
Wise truths gripped by obscurity; no discourse has encompassed
Wisdom has been possessed by obscurity,
Their symbols in all the world.
No words in the world encompass its secrets.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.