أتَتْناshe came to us وهْيَwhile she was سافرةُunveiled الجَبينِthe brow
أتَتْنا وهْيَ سافرةُ الجَبينِ
فلاحَthen shone الوَرْدُthe rose تحتَbeneath اليَاسَمينِthe jasmine
فلاحَ الوَرْدُ تحتَ اليَاسَمينِ
She came to us with her brow unveiled,
She came with her forehead unveiled
And the rose shone beneath the jasmine.
The roses bloomed under the jasmine
وحَيَّتْand she greeted بالبَنانِwith the fingertips فسالَso flowed دَمعيmy tears
وحَيَّتْ بالبَنانِ فسالَ دَمعي
فأرسَلهاso it sent her away مُخضَّبةَdyed اليَمينِthe right hand
فأرسَلها مُخضَّبةَ اليَمينِ
She greeted us with her fingertips, and my tears flowed,
She greeted with her fingers, so my tear flowed
So they sent her away, her right hand dyed.
She sent it back stained with henna
لَعُوبٌplayful بالقُلُوبِwith hearts تَحِلُّshe dwells فيهاin them
لَعُوبٌ بالقُلُوبِ تَحِلُّ فيها
فَتنزلُthen she settles مَنزلَthe abode of السِرِّthe secret المَصُونِguarded
فَتنزلُ مَنزلَ السِرِّ المَصُونِ
She toys with hearts, dwelling within them,
Playful with hearts in which she descends
And lodges where the guarded secret lies.
To the position of the guarded secret
أُشَبِّهُI liken خالَthe mole وَجْنتِهاher cheek بنَقْطٍto a dot
أُشَبِّهُ خالَ وَجْنتِها بنَقْطٍ
وقدand indeed شبَّهتُI likened حاجِبَهاher eyebrow بنُونِto the letter nūn
وقد شبَّهتُ حاجِبَها بنُونِ
I liken the mole on her cheek to a dot,
I compare her mole and beauty spot to dots
And have likened her eyebrow to the letter nūn.
And I compared her eyebrow to a nun
مُمنَّعةٌunapproachable تَرُدُّshe turns back الكَفَّthe hand عنهاfrom her
مُمنَّعةٌ تَرُدُّ الكَفَّ عنها
وتَخدَعُand she beguiles بالمَعاطفِwith her curves والعُيونِand eyes
وتَخدَعُ بالمَعاطفِ والعُيونِ
Unapproachable, she wards the hand away from herself,
Guarded, refusing hands from her
And beguiles with her curves and eyes.
Deceiving with veils and eyes
تَدُورُcirculate علىamong النُدامَىthe drinking companions منfrom يَديَهاher two hands
تَدُورُ على النُدامَى من يَديَها
أباريقٌpitchers وكأسٌand a cup منfrom مَعينِa flowing spring
أباريقٌ وكأسٌ من مَعينِ
From her hands, among the drinking companions, circulate
Circling the regretful with her hands
Pitchers and a cup from a flowing spring.
Jugs and a cup from a spring
فَدَيتُكِI would ransom you غادةًgraceful maiden نَخشَىwe fear سُيوفاًswords
فَدَيتُكِ غادةً نَخشَى سُيوفاً
لأُسْرَتهاof her family فنُقَتلُso we are slain بالجُفُونِby eyelids
لأُسْرَتها فنُقَتلُ بالجُفُونِ
My life for you, graceful maiden! We fear swords
I ransom you Ghadah, we fear swords
Of her family, yet we are slain by eyelids.
For her wrist so we are killed by eyelids
حَسِبناwe thought واوَthe letter wāw صُدغِكِyour temple-lock حرفَa letter of عَطفٍconjunction
حَسِبنا واوَ صُدغِكِ حرفَ عَطفٍ
علىwith ألفٍan alif نَراهاwe deem it حرفَa letter of لينِsoftness
على ألفٍ نَراها حرفَ لينِ
We took your temple-lock's wāw for a letter of conjunction,
It's enough that the letter waw of your cheek is a conjunction
With an alif we deem a letter of softness.
To an alif we see it as a gentle letter
رَدَدتِyou rejected الشاهدَthe witness المجروحَwounded قَلْبيmy heart
رَدَدتِ الشاهدَ المجروحَ قَلْبي
وماand not تَرضَينَyou are satisfied منّيfrom me باليمينِwith an oath
وما تَرضَينَ منّي باليمينِ
You rejected the wounded witness—my heart—
You have repelled the witness, my wounded heart
And you will not be satisfied with my oath.
And you are not pleased with me by oath
رُوَيدَكِtake your time ماnot وَقَفتِyou stood علىbefore إمامٍa leader
رُوَيدَكِ ما وَقَفتِ على إمامٍ
ولاnor شاهَدتِyou saw دِيوانَthe court of الأمينِal-Amīn
ولا شاهَدتِ دِيوانَ الأمينِ
Take your time! You have not stood before a leader,
Slow down, you did not stop at an imam
Nor seen the court of al-Amīn,
Nor witnessed the diary of the Trustworthy
أمينِtrustee of الدَولةِthe state الغرَّاءِillustrious فيin ماwhat
أمينِ الدَولةِ الغرَّاءِ في ما
يُؤيّدُupholds رايةَthe banner of الحَقِّtruth المُبينِmanifest
يُؤيّدُ رايةَ الحَقِّ المُبينِ
The illustrious state's trustee in all that
Trustworthy of the Honorable State in what
Upholds the banner of manifest truth.
Supports the banner of the clear truth
يُدَبّرُhe governs كلَّall قُطرِthe land of الشأمِal-Shām حَزْماًprudently
يُدَبّرُ كلَّ قُطرِ الشأمِ حَزْماً
بأوسَعَwith a wider reach منهُthan it قُطراًin extent فيin الفُنونِthe arts
بأوسَعَ منهُ قُطراً في الفُنونِ
He prudently governs all the land of al-Shām,
He manages every territory of Damascus wisely
With a reach in the arts wider than that land.
With broader than it in arts
لقدindeed ألقىhe instilled الرَصانةَsteadiness فيهِin it حَتَّىso that
لقد ألقى الرَصانةَ فيهِ حَتَّى
تهَابُfears الريحُthe wind إقلاقَdisturbing الغُصونِthe branches
تهَابُ الريحُ إقلاقَ الغُصونِ
Indeed, he has instilled such steadiness in it that
He has endowed it with firmness until
The wind fears disturbing the branches.
The wind fears stirring the branches
وهَذَّبَand he refined كُلَّevery نفسٍsoul فاستقامَتْso it became upright
وهَذَّبَ كُلَّ نفسٍ فاستقامَتْ
علىon قَدَمِthe footing of الوَداعةِgentleness والسُكونِand calm
على قَدَمِ الوَداعةِ والسُكونِ
And he has refined every soul, so it stands upright
And refined each soul so it stood straight
Upon the footing of gentleness and calm.
On the step of cordiality and tranquility
رَسولٌa messenger منfrom بنيthe sons of الأتراكِthe Turks ظَلَّتhave continued
رَسولٌ من بني الأتراكِ ظَلَّت
بهِwith him الأعرابُthe Bedouin تُوَعدُare threatened مُنذُfor حينِsome time
بهِ الأعرابُ تُوَعدُ مُنذُ حينِ
A messenger from the sons of the Turks, with whom
A messenger from the Turks, the nomads
The Bedouin have for some time been threatened.
Have threatened him for a while
لهُhe has فيin مُعجِزاتِmiracles of الرأيjudgment فَيضٌan abundance
لهُ في مُعجِزاتِ الرأي فَيضٌ
كوَحْيٍlike revelation هابطٍdescending فيupon طُورِMount سِينِSinai
كوَحْيٍ هابطٍ في طُورِ سِينِ
His judgment abounds in miracles,
He has in the miracles of opinion an abundance
Like revelation descending upon Mount Sinai.
Like revelation descending on Mount Sinai
يُقيّدُhe fetters كُلَّevery آبدةٍwild beast ويَرميand he shoots
يُقيّدُ كُلَّ آبدةٍ ويَرمي
بِسهْمِwith the arrow of الظَنِّconjecture فيinto كَبِدِthe heart of اليَقينِcertainty
بِسهْمِ الظَنِّ في كَبِدِ اليَقينِ
He fetters every wild beast and shoots
He shackles every giant and shoots
The arrow of conjecture into the heart of certainty.
With the arrow of assumption into the liver of certainty
إذاwhen ماever اعتَلَّتِfalls ill الدُّنياthe world شَفاهَاhe heals it
إذا ما اعتَلَّتِ الدُّنيا شَفاهَا
طبيبٌa physician منهُfrom him ذوendowed with عقلٍreason ودِينِand faith
طبيبٌ منهُ ذو عقلٍ ودِينِ
Whenever the world falls ill, it is healed
If the world raised its lips
By the physician in him, endowed with reason and faith.
A doctor from it, of wisdom and religion
أيَاO بحراًa sea أتاناcame to us فَوقَupon بَحْرٍa sea
أيَا بحراً أتانا فَوقَ بَحْرٍ
مَتَىwhen أبصَرتَyou saw بحراًa sea فيin سفينِships
مَتَى أبصَرتَ بحراً في سفينِ
O sea that came to us upon a sea,
What a sea came over a sea
When have you ever seen a sea aboard ships?
When did you see a sea in a ship
صَفَوتَyou have stayed clear فلمand did not تُكدِّرْكَmuddy you اللّياليthe nights
صَفَوتَ فلم تُكدِّرْكَ اللّيالي
كأنَّكَas though you لَسْتَyou are not منmade of ماءٍwater وطِينِand clay
كأنَّكَ لَسْتَ من ماءٍ وطِينِ
You have stayed clear, and the nights have not muddied you,
You were clear so the nights did not cloud you
As though you were not made of water and clay.
As if you were not of water and clay
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.