حبُّlove عَلِيُّAli بنِson of أَبيAbi (father of) طالِبٍTalib
حبُّ عَلِيُّ بنِ أَبي طالِبٍ
يُمَيِّزُdistinguishes الحُرَّthe freeborn منfrom النَغَلِthe bastard
يُمَيِّزُ الحُرَّ من النَغَلِ
Love for Ali ibn Abi Talib
The love of Ali ibn Abi Talib
distinguishes the freeborn from the bastard.
Distinguishes the free man from the slave
اِذاwhen بَداarises فيin مَجلِسٍa gathering ذِكرُهُmention of him
اِذا بَدا في مَجلِسٍ ذِكرُهُ
يصفَرُّturns yellow وَجهُthe face السَفَلَةthe base fellow النَذلِthe ignoble
يصفَرُّ وَجهُ السَفَلَة النَذلِ
When mention of him arises in a gathering,
When his name arises in an assembly
the base, ignoble man's face turns yellow.
The ignoble's face turns sallow
لاdo not تَعذِلوهُreproach him وَاِعذَلواand reproach امَّهُhis mother
لا تَعذِلوهُ وَاِعذَلوا امَّهُ
اِذfor آثَرَتshe preferred جاراًa neighbor عَلىover البعلِthe husband
اِذ آثَرَت جاراً عَلى البعلِ
Do not reproach him, but reproach his mother,
Do not blame him, but blame his mother
for she preferred a neighbor to her husband.
Who preferred a neighbor over her husband
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.