قمrise هاتbring ليto me كأسthe cup of السماعspiritual listening
قم هات لي كأس السماع
موحّداًaffirming the One علىover المثانيthe paired strings
موحّداً على المثاني
Rise, bring me the cup of spiritual listening,
Come, bring me the cup of hearing,
Affirming the One over the paired strings,
In harmony with melodies,
مثنىin twos ثلاثٌin threes ورباعand in fours
مثنى ثلاثٌ ورباع
فالأنسfor delight بالألحانthrough the melodies حانhas come
فالأنس بالألحان حان
In twos, in threes, and in fours;
Couplets two and three and four,
For delight in melodies is at hand.
For the joy of tunes has come.
خمرthe wine of اللقاmeeting ليto me قدindeed سقىgave to drink غصنa bough نقاa sand dune
خمر اللقا لي قد سقى غصن نقا
بمعطفin the mantle of الإحسانkindness لانgrew supple
بمعطف الإحسان لان
A bough upon a dune has given me the wine of meeting,
The wine of meeting has been poured for me by a tender branch,
Grown supple in the mantle of kindness.
Clothed in the mantle of kindness it flows.
إذاwhen سرىdrifted by night عرفthe fragrance of النسيمthe breeze
إذا سرى عرف النسيم
يهديoffers منsome of البشرgladness البشرhumankind
يهدي من البشر البشر
When the breeze's fragrance drifts by night,
When the breeze blows gently,
It offers humankind a gift of gladness,
It brings human to human,
يرويrecounts عنof الحبّlove القديمancient
يروي عن الحبّ القديم
حديثthe tale of سلمىSalma فيin السحرthe predawn hours
حديث سلمى في السحر
It recounts, of ancient love,
And tells of the old love,
Salma's tale in the predawn hours.
The tale of Salma at dawn.
قدindeed عبقاgrew fragrant فانتشقاso breathed in صبّthe ardent lover of التقىpiety
قد عبقا فانتشقا صبّ التقى
منfrom طيبهits fragrance عطرthe perfume of الحسانthe fair ones
من طيبه عطر الحسان
It grew fragrant, so piety's lover breathed in
They exuded fragrance and burst forth, the sincerity of devotion
From its scent the perfume of the fair.
Poured from it the scent of beauty.
وقدand indeed صفاgrew clear خمرthe wine of الصفاpurity
وقد صفا خمر الصفا
يجليهunveils it فيin الحانthe tavern النديمthe drinking companion
يجليه في الحان النديم
And the wine of purity has grown clear;
The wine of purity is now clear,
The drinking companion unveils it in the tavern,
Made so by the songs of the boon companion.
وفكّand broke أختامthe seals of الخفاconcealment
وفكّ أختام الخفا
فأنارso shone عنfrom نارthe fire of الكليمGod's interlocutor
فأنار عن نار الكليم
And has broken the seals of concealment,
And it has unsealed the seals of secrecy,
So he shone with light from the fire of God's interlocutor.
Illuminated by the fire of Sinai.
وقدand indeed رقىascended فيin مرتقىan ascending path
وقد رقى في مرتقى
أوجa summit ارتقاascended لطورto Mount سيناءSinai العيانdirect vision
أوج ارتقا لطور سيناء العيان
And he has risen along an ascending path,
It has ascended to the highest ascent,
To a summit he climbed—to the Mount Sinai of direct vision.
And reached the peak of the mount of enlightenment.
ريحO wind الصباthe east wind جُزpass بالخيامby the tents
ريح الصبا جُز بالخيام
واحملand carry شذاthe aroma of عرفthe scent of الشميمfragrant perfume
واحمل شذا عرف الشميم
O east wind, pass by the tents,
The morning breeze, draw up the tents,
And carry the sweet aroma of fragrant perfume,
And carry the fragrance of the zephyr.
متعشّقاًenamored للملتقىof the meeting-place
متعشّقاً للملتقى
حيثwhere سقىgave to drink فيin حبّهاlove for her صافيthe clear wine of الدنانthe wine jars
حيث سقى في حبّها صافي الدنان
Enamored of the meeting-place,
Enamored of the meeting place,
Where, for love of her, he served the jars' clear wine.
Where in its love the fresh springs have poured.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.