غريبٌa stranger فقدهhis loss أبكىmade weep
غريبٌ فقده أبكى
عيونeyes العجمnon-Arabs والعرَّبِand the Arabs
عيون العجم والعرَّبِ
A stranger—his loss brought tears to
A stranger whose absence made weep
the eyes of non-Arabs and Arabs.
The eyes of the non-Arabs and Arabs alike
بهِover him للأصفرfor al-Asfar المضنىworn with grief
بهِ للأصفر المضنى
أبيهِhis father لوعةburning anguish القلبِof the heart
أبيهِ لوعة القلبِ
Over him, the grief-worn al-Asfar,
With him the blond, distressed,
his father, feels anguish of heart.
To his father the agony of heart
يناديhe calls out to جرجساًJirjis والدمand the tears (first part)
ينادي جرجساً والدم
عُtears (final part) هامٍflowing هاملfreely streaming الصبِthe pouring
عُ هامٍ هامل الصبِ
He calls out to Jirjis, while the tears
Calling for Jorjus while blood
are flowing, pouring freely.
Dripping from the doves flying aimlessly
أياO غصناًa branch ذوىwithered لكنyet
أيا غصناً ذوى لكن
زهىflourished فيin روضةthe garden الربِof the Lord
زهى في روضة الربِ
O branch that withered, yet
Oh branch that withered but
flourished in the Lord’s garden.
Had glory in the garden of the Lord
وياand O بدراًa full moon سرىjourneyed by night منfrom أفhorizon (first part)
ويا بدراً سرى من أف
قhorizon (final part) بيروتٍof Beirut إلىto الغربِthe west
ق بيروتٍ إلى الغربِ
And O full moon that journeyed by night from the horizon
Oh moon that set from the
of Beirut to the west.
Horizon of Beirut to the west
عجاباًa marvel أظهرrevealed التاريخُhistory
عجاباً أظهر التاريخُ
غابvanished البدرُthe full moon بالتربِin the dust
غاب البدرُ بالتربِ
History revealed a marvel:
Amazingly history showed
the full moon vanished in the dust.
The moon vanished into dust
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.