إِنَّindeed الخَليطَthe companions تَصَدَّعواthey dispersed أَمسِyesterday
إِنَّ الخَليطَ تَصَدَّعوا أَمسِ
وَتَصَدَّعَتand it shattered لِفِراقِهِمbecause of their parting نَفسيmy soul
وَتَصَدَّعَت لِفِراقِهِم نَفسي
Indeed, the companions dispersed yesterday,
Yesterday the companions parted
And my soul shattered at their parting.
And my soul cracked at their leaving
وَوَجَدتُand I felt وَجداًanguish كانَwas أَهوَنُهُits mildest
وَوَجَدتُ وَجداً كانَ أَهوَنُهُ
كَأَشَدِّlike the fiercest وَجدِanguish الجِنِّthe jinn وَالإِنسِand humankind
كَأَشَدِّ وَجدِ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ
And I felt anguish whose mildest pang
I was seized by a grief, the least of which
Was like the fiercest anguish of jinn and humankind.
Would vex Jinn and mankind exceedingly
وَتَشَتُّتَand the scattering الأَهواءِof desires يَخلِجُنيtugs at me
وَتَشَتُّتَ الأَهواءِ يَخلِجُني
نَحوَtoward العِراقِIraq وَمَطلَعِand the rising-place of الشَمسِthe sun
نَحوَ العِراقِ وَمَطلَعِ الشَمسِ
And scattered desires tug at me
Yearnings disquiet me northwards
Toward Iraq and the sun's rising-place.
Toward Iraq and the rising sun
وَهُناكَand there فَأتونيthen they came to me بِخَرعَبَةٍwith a tall, supple woman
وَهُناكَ فَأتوني بِخَرعَبَةٍ
غَرّاءَradiant-faced آنِسَةٍcompanionable مِنَamong اللُعسِthe dark-lipped women
غَرّاءَ آنِسَةٍ مِنَ اللُعسِ
And there they brought me a tall, supple woman,
And there they brought me a lively
Radiant, companionable, one of the dark-lipped women.
Young she-camel, spirited and smooth
ماwhatever كانَthere was مِنof سَقَمٍsickness فَكانَthen it was بِناin us
ما كانَ مِن سَقَمٍ فَكانَ بِنا
وَبِهاand with her السَلامُwell-being وَصِحَّةُand health النَفسِof the soul
وَبِها السَلامُ وَصِحَّةُ النَفسِ
Whatever sickness there was fell to us,
Whatever malady there was, was in us
While hers were well-being and soundness of soul.
While she was health and peace to the soul
وَتَبيتُand spend the night عُوّاديmy sickbed visitors وَقَدand already يَئِسواthey have despaired
وَتَبيتُ عُوّادي وَقَد يَئِسوا
مِنّيof me وَأَصبِحُand I enter the morning مِثلَjust like ماwhat أُمسيI am at evening
مِنّي وَأَصبِحُ مِثلَ ما أُمسي
And my sickbed visitors spend the night, having despaired
She spends the night tending me while they
Of me; at dawn I am just as I am at dusk.
Despaired of me, and I wake as I slept
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.