كَأَنّيas though I بِعَبدِwith ʿAbd (servant) اللَهِAllāh (God) يَركَبُfalls headlong into رَدعَهُhis own blood
كَأَنّي بِعَبدِ اللَهِ يَركَبُ رَدعَهُ
وَفيهِand in him سِنانٌa spearhead زاعِبيٌZāʿibī (a spear type) مُحَرَّبُsharpened
وَفيهِ سِنانٌ زاعِبيٌ مُحَرَّبُ
I seem to see ʿAbd Allāh falling headlong into his own blood,
I see Abdullah riding his swift steed
And in him lies a sharpened Zāʿibī spearhead.
With a sharp, keen sword in hand
وَقَدand already فَرَّfled عَنهُfrom him المُلحِدونَthe impious وَحَلَّقَتand soared aloft
وَقَد فَرَّ عَنهُ المُلحِدونَ وَحَلَّقَت
بِهِwith him وَبِمَنand with whoever آساهُstood by him عَنقاءُthe ʿAnqāʾ (mythical bird) مُغرِبُfar-flying
بِهِ وَبِمَن آساهُ عَنقاءُ مُغرِبُ
The impious have fled from him, and aloft has flown
The faithless ones fled from him, and the necks
The far-flying ʿAnqāʾ, bearing him and those who stood by him.
Of those who pained him bowed westward
تَوَلّواthey turned away فَخلَّوهso they abandoned him فُشالَthen rose بِشِلوِهِwith his corpse
تَوَلّوا فَخلَّوه فُشالَ بِشِلوِهِ
طَويلٌa tall one مِنamong الأَجذاعِthe tree trunks عارٍbare مُشَذَّبُstripped of branches
طَويلٌ مِن الأَجذاعِ عارٍ مُشَذَّبُ
They turned away and abandoned him; his corpse was hoisted
They abandoned him, leaving him with his brave band
On a tall tree trunk, bare and stripped of branches,
Tall frames, bare, well-adorned
بِكَفّيby the two hands of غُلامٍa youth مِنfrom ثَقيفٍThaqīf نَمَتgave lineage بِهِto him
بِكَفّي غُلامٍ مِن ثَقيفٍ نَمَت بِهِ
قريشٌQuraysh وَذوand the possessor of المَجدِglory التَليدِancestral مُعَتَّبُMuʿattab
قريشٌ وَذو المَجدِ التَليدِ مُعَتَّبُ
By the hands of a youth of Thaqīf, descended from
With the hands of a Thaqif youth whom
Quraysh and Muʿattab, possessor of ancestral glory.
Quraysh and those of inherited glory blamed
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.