توارَتvanished مِنَّةُMinnat (favor) المقصودِal-Maqsud (the one sought) عنَّاfrom us
توارَت مِنَّةُ المقصودِ عنَّا
كبدرٍlike a full moon قدalready تَوارَىbecame hidden بالسَّحابِby the clouds
كبدرٍ قد تَوارَى بالسَّحابِ
Minnat al-Maqsud has vanished from us,
The glory of the beloved has vanished from us
like a full moon hidden behind clouds.
Like a full moon that hides behind the clouds
وكانتand she was غُصنَa bough بانٍa bān tree قبلَbefore بينٍa parting
وكانت غُصنَ بانٍ قبلَ بينٍ
أتاهاcame upon her خاطفاًswiftly مِثلَlike الشِّهابِthe shooting star
أتاها خاطفاً مِثلَ الشِّهابِ
She was a bough of the bān tree before a parting
She was once a sprouting branch in the morn
came upon her, swift as a shooting star.
Swiftly plucked away like a shooting star
فباتتْso she lay فيin ضريحٍa tomb قامَbegan يَرثيto mourn
فباتتْ في ضريحٍ قامَ يَرثي
بهِtherein التَّأريخُthe chronogram غُصناًa bough فيin التُّرابِthe dust
بهِ التَّأريخُ غُصناً في التُّرابِ
So she lay in a tomb, mourned
Now she lies in a tomb where time laments
there by the chronogram—a bough in the dust.
A branch buried in the dirt of history
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.