إذاwhen لُحْتَyou appear قالتْsay عيونُthe eyes الورَىhumankind
إذا لُحْتَ قالتْ عيونُ الورَى
أَذَاis this مَلِكٌa king طالِعٌappearing; rising أمor مَلَكْan angel
أَذَا مَلِكٌ طالِعٌ أم مَلَكْ
When you appear, the eyes of humankind say:
When you appeared the eyes of creation said
“Is this a king appearing, or an angel?”
Is it a rising king or an angel?
أرىI see; I regard زمناًan age كنتَyou were فيهin it العَمِيthe chief (العميد, continued on the next line)
أرى زمناً كنتَ فيه العَمِي
دَcompletes العميد (“the chief”) عِرْسَa wedding feast الكِرامِthe noble وعيدَand a festival الفَلَكْthe heavens; the celestial sphere
دَ عِرْسَ الكِرامِ وعيدَ الفَلَكْ
I regard an age in which you were the chief
I see a time when you were blind to
As a wedding feast for the noble and a festival for the heavens.
The wedding of the generous and the cycle of fate
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.