قَدalready جَمَحَbolted الهَجرُseparation بِمَنwith one who لَمnot يَكُنwas
قَد جَمَحَ الهَجرُ بِمَن لَم يَكُن
يَنزِلُdismounts عَنfrom ظَهرِthe back of ذَلولِa docile mount الوِصالunion
يَنزِلُ عَن ظَهرِ ذَلولِ الوِصال
Separation has bolted with one who had never
Parting has wearied one who did not live
dismounted from the back of union’s docile mount—
off the back of submissive intimacy.
غَريبِrare حُسنٍbeauty ماnot اِهتَدىfound its way حُبُّهُhis love
غَريبِ حُسنٍ ما اِهتَدى حُبُّهُ
إِلَيَّto me إِلّاexcept بَدليلِwith the guidance of الدَلالcoquetry
إِلَيَّ إِلّا بَدليلِ الدَلال
one of rare beauty, whose love never found its way
An alien beauty whose love found
to me except with coquetry as its guide.
its way to me only with a guide.
إِذاwhen قَضىrules المَشيُthe gait بِجورٍwith injustice قَضىhe rules
إِذا قَضى المَشيُ بِجورٍ قَضى
عَلَيهِagainst it بِالعَذلِwith reproach مِنَout of الإِعتِدالuprightness
عَلَيهِ بِالعَذلِ مِنَ الإِعتِدال
When his gait rules unjustly, he rules
When walking leads to tyranny, it is remedied
against it with reproach, out of uprightness.
by moderation and justice.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.