هَلquestion particle مِثلُthe like of حَديثهاher speech عَلىupon السمعthe ear وَرَدreached
هَل مِثلُ حَديثها عَلى السمع وَرَد
هَلquestion particle أَحسَنَlovelier منthan لهجتهاher way of speaking الصَبُّthe lovesick lover وجدfound
هَل أَحسَنَ من لهجتها الصَبُّ وجد
Has anything like her speech reached the ear?
Has any talk like hers graced the ears,
Has the lovesick lover found anything lovelier than her way of speaking?
Or any sweetness excelled her voice's flow?
واهاًAh! لِلسانٍfor a tongue فُتِنَwas bewitched العَقلُthe mind بِهِby it
واهاً لِلسانٍ فُتِنَ العَقلُ بِهِ
لَوif حَثَّurged عَلىto السَجدَةِprostration إِبليسIblis سَجَدwould prostrate himself
لَو حَثَّ عَلى السَجدَةِ إِبليس سَجَد
Ah, for a tongue by which the mind is bewitched!
Oh, the mind that's seduced by a tongue -
If it urged Iblis to prostrate himself, he would prostrate.
If it bid Iblis bow down, he would kneel low!
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.