أَحسَنُfairer منthan عودٍa lute وَمنand than ضارِبِa player
أَحسَنُ من عودٍ وَمن ضارِبِ
وَمنand than فَتاةٍa maiden طِفلَةٍtender كاعبِwith budding breasts
وَمن فَتاةٍ طِفلَةٍ كاعبِ
Fairer than a lute and its player,
Better than a fragrant piece of wood, and than one who plays the strings
And than a tender maiden with budding breasts,
And than a young girl, slender and lithe, who shoots her glances
قَدُّthe form of غُلامٍa youth صيغَwas fashioned منfrom فضةٍsilver
قَدُّ غُلامٍ صيغَ من فضةٍ
مُتَّصِلjoined الحاجِبِthe eyebrow بِالحاجِبِto the eyebrow
مُتَّصِل الحاجِبِ بِالحاجِبِ
Is the form of a youth fashioned from silver,
Like the perfect shape of a boy molded of silver
With one eyebrow joined to the other.
With eyebrows joined together
سلَّhe unsheathed عَلىagainst الأُمةthe people منfrom طَرفِهِhis glance
سلَّ عَلى الأُمة من طَرفِهِ
سَيفَthe sword of عليAli بنson of أَبيfather of طالبِTalib
سَيفَ علي بن أَبي طالبِ
From his glance he unsheathed against the people
He let loose over the community from his eyes
The sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
The sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.