مهفهَفslender القَدِّthe figure ينثنيhe sways لِينَاًsoftly
مهفهَف القَدِّ ينثني لِينَاً
قدhas حكّمgiven dominion to السُقمَsickness والضَّنَىand wasting فِينَاin us
قد حكّم السُقمَ والضَّنَى فِينَا
Slender of figure, he sways softly.
The palm tree of fate bends with gentleness
He has given sickness and wasting dominion over us.
Sickness and grief have ruled over us
سَلَّhe drew حُساماa keen sword مِنfrom لحظَهhis gaze فبهand with it
سَلَّ حُساما مِن لحظَه فبه
يقتُلناhe kills us تارةًat times ويُحييناand revives us
يقتُلنا تارةً ويُحيينا
He drew a keen sword from his gaze, and with it
He unsheathed a sword from his glance, which
He kills us at times and revives us.
Kills us at times and brings us to life at others
ومرَّand he passed by يُهديoffering إلىto لواحظِناour eyes
ومرَّ يُهدي إلى لواحظِنا
ممّاfrom what حَمَتguarded عَقْرَباهhis two scorpions (sidelocks) نِسْريناeglantine blossoms
ممّا حَمَت عَقْرَباه نِسْرينا
And he passed by, offering our eyes
And he passed by gifting our gazes
Eglantine blossoms from what his twin scorpions guarded.
Some of the intoxication his eyelids carried
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.