أَعطىgave يَدَthe hand of الإِعجابِself-conceit مِنهُfrom him غِناناour wealth
أَعطى يَدَ الإِعجابِ مِنهُ غِنانا
فَغَداso he began بِهِthrough it يَتَتَبَّعُpursuing الهِجراناestrangement
فَغَدا بِهِ يَتَتَبَّعُ الهِجرانا
He gave our wealth into the hand of his conceit,
He gave his hand of admiration, making me sing
And through it began pursuing estrangement:
So he went about following separation
ظَبيٌa gazelle مَسيحِيٌّChristian ظُباthe blades of لَحَظاتِهِhis glances
ظَبيٌ مَسيحِيٌّ ظُبا لَحَظاتِهِ
قَدindeed صَبَّرَتmade steadfast أَجفانِهِhis eyelids أَجفاناscabbards
قَد صَبَّرَت أَجفانِهِ أَجفانا
A Christian gazelle, the blades of whose glances
A Christian gazelle, gazing for moments
Have made his eyelids steadfast as scabbards.
His eyelids have endured eyelids
لَمdid not يَنهَforbid عَنfrom دَمعيmy tears إِساءَةًout of malice فَعَلَّهُso perhaps he
لَم يَنهَ عَن دَمعي إِساءَةً فَعَلَّهُ
لَمّاwhen أَعادَتturned دُرَّهُits pearls مَرجاناcoral
لَمّا أَعادَت دُرَّهُ مَرجانا
He did not forbid my tears out of malice—perhaps he did so
He did not forbid my tears out of harm he did
When his glances turned their pearls to coral.
When his pearls were returned as coral
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.