ماthere is no فيin الأشَلِّal-Ashall, the cripple لباغِضيهِfor those who hate him
ما في الأشَلِّ لباغِضيهِ
حالٌtrait or condition يَجولُroams القَولُspeech فيهِin it
حالٌ يَجولُ القَولُ فيهِ
For al-Ashall's haters, there is no
In spite for haters there's no state
trait in him upon which speech may roam.
Where nonsense doesn't circulate
وبَغَىand he grew insolent أشلُّal-Ashall, the cripple أخيbrother of القِحاthe whores (word continues)
وبَغَى أشلُّ أخي القِحا
بِcompletion of 'the whores' يَخوضُwades فيin عُجبٍself-admiration وتِيهِand arrogance
بِ يَخوضُ في عُجبٍ وتِيهِ
And al-Ashall, brother of whores, grew insolent,
My brother showed the worst in men
wading in self-admiration and arrogance.
By rambling in conceit and sin
وكَساهُand he clothed him حَيدرَةٌHaydara قُرُوhorns (word continues)
وكَساهُ حَيدرَةٌ قُرُو
ناًcompletion of 'horns' طُلنُgrew longer عَنbeyond قَرنَيthe two horns of أبِيهِhis father
ناً طُلنُ عَن قَرنَي أبِيهِ
And Haydara clothed him in horns
And wore the gown of calumny
that grew longer than his father's two horns.
To hide the horns of treachery
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.