بَداhe appeared لَناto us كَالبَدرِlike the full moon فيat شُروقِهِits rising
بَدا لَنا كَالبَدرِ في شُروقِهِ
يَشكوhe complains of غَزالاًa gazelle لجَّpersisted فيin عقوقِهِspurning him
يَشكو غَزالاً لجَّ في عقوقِهِ
He appeared to us like the full moon at its rising,
He seemed to us like the full moon rising,
Complaining of a gazelle that persisted in spurning him.
Complaining of a languid gazelle and her disobedience,
ياoh عَجَباًwhat a wonder وَالدَهرand time فيin طُروقِهِits visitations
يا عَجَباً وَالدَهر في طُروقِهِ
مِنat عاشِقٍa lover أَحسَنmore beautiful منthan مَعشوقِهِhis beloved
مِن عاشِقٍ أَحسَن من مَعشوقِهِ
What a marvel, amid time's visitations:
How strange is time in its deceptions,
A lover fairer than his beloved!
That the lover proves fairer than the beloved.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.