ياO لَقَومٍto people (appealing for help) عادَنيhas returned to me نُكسيmy relapse
يا لَقَومٍ عادَني نُكسي
مِنfrom عِداتِpromises البُدَّنِthe plump women الشُمسِthe unapproachable ones
مِن عِداتِ البُدَّنِ الشُمسِ
O people, my relapse has returned to me,
O people who often bring me down
From the promises of plump, unapproachable women.
From the glittering rays of the sun
لَيتَنيif only I أَلقىI might meet رُقَيَّةَRuqayya فيin
لَيتَني أَلقى رُقَيَّةَ في
خَلوَةٍseclusion مِنfrom غَيرِabsence of ماemphatic particle يَأسِdespair
خَلوَةٍ مِن غَيرِ ما يَأسِ
If only I could meet Ruqayya in
If only I could meet Rukayya
Seclusion, without any despair,
In private, without any despair
كَيso that لِتَقضينيso she may grant me رُقَيَّةُRuqayya ماwhat
كَي لِتَقضيني رُقَيَّةُ ما
وَعَدَتنيshe promised me غَيرَnot مُختَلَسِfurtively snatched
وَعَدَتني غَيرَ مُختَلَسِ
So that Ruqayya might grant me what
So Rukayya could fulfill what
She promised me, not snatched in secret.
She promised me, without pretense
حُلوَةٌsweet إِذاwhen تُكَلِّمُهاyou speak to her
حُلوَةٌ إِذا تُكَلِّمُها
تَمنَعُshe withholds الماعونَfavors بِاللَقَسِwith ill temper
تَمنَعُ الماعونَ بِاللَقَسِ
She is sweet when you speak to her,
A sweetness, when she speaks
Yet she peevishly withholds her favors.
Denying favors with a veil
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.