ثَلاثُthree بُحورٍseas ياah! لَعَمريby my life تَجَمَّعَتhave gathered
ثَلاثُ بُحورٍ يا لَعَمري تَجَمَّعَت
بِعَينيwith my eye أَراهاI see them وَهيَwhile they تَبدوappear بِلاwithout اِمتَراdoubt
بِعَيني أَراها وَهيَ تَبدو بِلا اِمتَرا
Three seas—ah, by my life!—have gathered together.
Three oceans, by my life, gathered
With my own eyes I see them, appearing without a doubt.
In my eyes I see them appearing boundless
فَبَحرٌso, a sea غَزيرُrich in العِلمِlearning ماجَsurged معارفاًbranches of knowledge
فَبَحرٌ غَزيرُ العِلمِ ماجَ معارفاً
إِمامan imam إِلىto الأَوزاعِal-Awzāʿ يُنسَبُis affiliated فيamong الوَرىhumankind
إِمام إِلى الأَوزاعِ يُنسَبُ في الوَرى
One sea, rich in learning, has surged with knowledge:
An ocean abundant in knowledge, surging with wisdom
An imam known among people by his affiliation with al-Awzāʿ.
A leader to morals, he is attributed in the world
وَبَحرٌand a sea غَزيرُrich in الجودِgenerosity قَدindeed فاضَoverflowed جودُهُits generosity
وَبَحرٌ غَزيرُ الجودِ قَد فاضَ جودُهُ
فَأَخجَلَand so it shamed وَبْلَthe downpour السّحبِthe clouds لاno شَكَّdoubt وَاِزدَرىand scorned it
فَأَخجَلَ وَبْلَ السّحبِ لا شَكَّ وَاِزدَرى
And a sea rich in generosity—its bounty has overflowed,
An ocean abundant in generosity, his generosity overflowed
And so it shamed the clouds’ downpour, without doubt, and scorned it.
He shamed clouds pouring rain, no doubt looking down on them
وَبَحرٌand a sea هوَit is المِلحُsalty الأُجاجُbitter وَإِنَّهُand indeed it
وَبَحرٌ هوَ المِلحُ الأُجاجُ وَإِنَّهُ
لَقَدsurely راقَwas pleasing ليto me ثَغراًas a harbor كَماjust as راقَwas pleasing مَنظَراas a sight
لَقَد راقَ لي ثَغراً كَما راقَ مَنظَرا
And one sea is the salty, bitter one; and indeed it
And an ocean of pure salt, yet
Has surely delighted me as a harbor, just as it has as a sight.
His mouth has shed for me, as his sight has shed
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.