قدindeed ظلمواthey were unjust إذwhen نسبواthey likened ثغرَهُhis mouth
قد ظلموا إذ نسبوا ثغرَهُ
فيin حسنهits beauty للدّرّto pearls أوor للبَرَدْto hailstones
في حسنه للدّرّ أو للبَرَدْ
They were unjust when they likened his mouth
They wronged him when they attributed his mouth
in beauty to pearls or hailstones.
To a pearl or ice out of his handsomeness
ولمand did not يَصُغْهfashion it اللهGod إلاexcept لكَيْin order to
ولم يَصُغْه الله إلا لكَيْ
يقدحَkindle فيin الأكبادthe livers نارَthe fire الكَمَدْof anguish
يقدحَ في الأكباد نارَ الكَمَدْ
And God fashioned it only to
And God did not make him attentive but so
kindle the fire of anguish in livers.
He may kindle fire in the livers from repression
وابِأبِيand may my father be ransom منone who لانwas soft مَسّاًto the touch ومَنand who
وابِأبِي من لان مَسّاً ومَن
لوif عقدوهthey knotted him لانثنىhe would bend وانعقدْand he would become knotted
لو عقدوه لانثنى وانعقدْ
And may my father be ransom for one who is soft to the touch, and who,
And my father disavowed he who was not supple and he who
if they knotted him, would bend and become knotted.
If tied would have bent and got tied
يسمحhe is generous بالوعدwith promises ولكنّهand yet he
يسمح بالوعد ولكنّه
لاnot يَصْدُقhe keeps الوعدthe promise إذاwhen ماemphatic particle وعدْhe promised
لا يَصْدُق الوعد إذا ما وعدْ
He is generous with promises, and yet he
He permits the promise but he
does not keep his promise when he makes one.
Does not fulfill the promise if he promises
هذاthis ولاand not يُحْقِدُنيmakes me resentful فعلهhis conduct
هذا ولا يُحْقِدُني فعله
وأحمقُand the most foolish العُشاقof lovers مَنْone who قدindeed حَقَدhas borne a grudge
وأحمقُ العُشاق مَنْ قد حَقَد
Despite this, his conduct does not make me resentful;
This without his act making me resentful
and the most foolish of lovers is one who bears a grudge.
And the foolish lovers are those who resent
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.