يَقولُhe says إِذاwhen رَآنيhe sees me ماwhat دَهاهُhas befallen him
يَقولُ إِذا رَآني ما دَهاهُ
كَأَنَّas though بِمُهجَتيin my heart أَحَداًanyone سِواهُother than him
كَأَنَّ بِمُهجَتي أَحَداً سِواهُ
He says, when he sees me, “What has befallen him?”
He says, when he sees me, as if
As though my heart held anyone but him.
None but he stirs my affections.
وَماand what أَدراهُmade him aware بِالشَّكوىof lamentation وَلكِنbut
وَما أَدراهُ بِالشَّكوى وَلكِن
تَدَلُّلُهُhis coyness يُؤَيِّدُهُbolsters it صِباهُhis youth
تَدَلُّلُهُ يُؤَيِّدُهُ صِباهُ
And what does he know of lamentation? Yet
Yet he knows not if I complain,
His youth bolsters his coyness.
Though my devotion proves his reign.
وَقالواand they said هَلhas ...? جَنىdid wrong شَيئاًanything عَلَيهِagainst him
وَقالوا هَل جَنى شَيئاً عَلَيهِ
هِلالُthe crescent الأُفقِof the horizon يَمنَحُهُhe bestows on it قِلاهُhis aversion
هِلالُ الأُفقِ يَمنَحُهُ قِلاهُ
And they said, “Has he been wronged in any way
They said, “Has the new moon eclipsed him?
By the horizon’s crescent, that he bestows his aversion on it?
The slender crescent denies him her light.”
جَفاهُhe shunned it فَهوَso he لاnot يَرنوgazes إِلَيهِtoward it
جَفاهُ فَهوَ لا يَرنو إِلَيهِ
فَقُلتُso I said لَهُمto them لأَمرfor a reason ماsome جَفاهُhe shunned it
فَقُلتُ لَهُم لأَمر ما جَفاهُ
He has shunned it, so he does not gaze toward it.”
He is unkind, and cares not for me.
I told them, “He shunned it for a reason:
I said to them, “Not so; he shuns me
مَخافَةَfor fear أَنthat يَقُولَhe might say الصَّبُّthe lovesick man يَوماًone day
مَخافَةَ أَن يَقُولَ الصَّبُّ يَوماً
نَعَمyes وَيَرىand see الهِلالَthe crescent كَماas أَراهُI see him
نَعَم وَيَرى الهِلالَ كَما أَراهُ
For fear the lovesick man might one day say
Lest the youth should say, when he sees
‘Yes,’ and see the crescent as I see him.”
The new moon, “Yes, just as I see her.”
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.