ياO عينُeye أظهرتِyou revealed شيئاًsomething منof محبتهمlove for them
يا عينُ أظهرتِ شيئاً من محبتهم
لكنbut أعظمهاits greatest part ماwhat كنتِyou were تخفيناyou conceal !
لكن أعظمها ما كنتِ تخفينا !
O eye, you have revealed something of the love for them,
O eye, you showed some of their love
Yet its greatest part is what you kept concealed!
But the greatest was what you used to hide from us!
سلوهمُask them كيفhow أودعناwe placed القلوبthe hearts لهمfor them
سلوهمُ كيف أودعنا القلوب لهم
حباًlove !؟ ، وكيفand how أقامواthey dwelt فيin مآقيناthe corners of our eyes !؟
حباً !؟ ، وكيف أقاموا في مآقينا !؟
Ask them how we placed within our hearts, for them,
Ask them how they settled our hearts for them
Love—and how they dwelt in the corners of our eyes!
With love!? And how they stayed in our suffering!?
قدindeed كنتI was أحسبI think قلبَيْناour two hearts لألفتناbecause of our closeness
قد كنت أحسب قلبَيْنا لألفتنا
تلاقياthey both met قبلbefore عامٍa year منfrom تلاقيناour meeting
تلاقيا قبل عامٍ من تلاقينا
I used to think, such was our closeness, that our two hearts
I used to think our two hearts were for our harmony
Had met a year before we met.
Meeting before a year of our meeting
أتذكرينdo you remember قُبيلjust before الفجرdawn مجلسناour sitting together
أتذكرين قُبيل الفجر مجلسنا
كأنماas though النجمthe stars عقدٌa necklace بينbetween أيديناour hands
كأنما النجم عقدٌ بين أيدينا
Do you remember us sitting together just before dawn,
Do you remember before dawn our sitting
As though the stars were a necklace in our hands?
As if the star was a necklace between our hands
نبوحwe confide لليلto the night عنabout أسرارthe secrets قصتناour story
نبوح لليل عن أسرار قصتنا
بتناwe spent the night نُسَلّيهwe console it والذكرىand memory تُسلّيناconsoles us
بتنا نُسَلّيه والذكرى تُسلّينا
We confide to the night the secrets of our story;
We confess to the night the secrets of our story
We spent the night consoling it, while memory consoled us.
We used to console it and the memory consoles us
لمdid not يبقَremain شيءٌanything منof الذكرىmemory نخبّئهwe hide it
لم يبقَ شيءٌ من الذكرى نخبّئه
إلاexcept الحنينlonging ودمعand tears فيin مآقيناthe corners of our eyes
إلا الحنين ودمع في مآقينا
Nothing remains of memory for us to hide,
Nothing remained of the memory we hide
Except longing and tears in the corners of our eyes.
Except yearning and tears in our suffering
كناwe were بوصلٍin union فأمسىthen became الوصلunion أمنيةa wish
كنا بوصلٍ فأمسى الوصل أمنية
متىwhen سنبلغwill we attain ياO قلبيmy heart أمانيناour wishes !؟
متى سنبلغ يا قلبي أمانينا !؟
We were once united; then union became a wish.
We were in harmony, so harmony became a wish
When, O my heart, will we attain our wishes?
When will we attain, O my heart, our wishes!?
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.