وَشارِبٍand a mustache مِثلَlike نِصفِhalf of الصادِthe letter ṣād صادَcaptured بِهِwith it
وَشارِبٍ مِثلَ نِصفِ الصادِ صادَ بِهِ
قَلبيmy heart رَشاًa young gazelle ثَغرُهُhis mouth أَنقىpurer مِنَthan البَرَدِhail
قَلبي رَشاً ثَغرُهُ أَنقى مِنَ البَرَدِ
And a mustache like half the letter ṣād—with it was captured
With lips like the curve of a sad letter
my heart by a young gazelle whose mouth is purer than hail.
My heart is drenched, his mouth fresher than ice
كَأَنَّماas though خالُهُhis beauty mark مِنfrom فَوقِabove وَجنَتِهِhis cheek
كَأَنَّما خالُهُ مِن فَوقِ وَجنَتِهِ
سَوادُblackness of عَينٍan eye بَداappeared فيin حُمرَةِredness of الرَمَدِeye inflammation
سَوادُ عَينٍ بَدا في حُمرَةِ الرَمَدِ
As though his beauty mark upon his cheek
As if the mole above his cheek
were an eye’s dark pupil appearing amid the redness of inflammation.
Was a black eye shining amidst pink eyelids
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.