ياO قَيسُQays أَنتُمyou (plural) شِرارُthe worst قَومِكُمُyour people
يا قَيسُ أَنتُم شِرارُ قَومِكُمُ
قِدماًfrom of old وَأَنتُمand you (plural) أَغَثُّهُمthe basest of them نَسَباin lineage
قِدماً وَأَنتُم أَغَثُّهُم نَسَبا
O Qays, you are the worst of your people,
O Qais, you are the worst of your tribe
From of old—and you are their basest in lineage.
Anciently and presently the most ignoble
حالَفتُمُyou allied yourselves with الفُحشَobscenity وَالخِيانَةَand treachery وَالand the
حالَفتُمُ الفُحشَ وَالخِيانَةَ وَال
بُخلَmiserliness جَميعاًall together وَاللُؤمَand baseness وَالكَذِباand lying
بُخلَ جَميعاً وَاللُؤمَ وَالكَذِبا
You allied yourselves with obscenity, treachery, and
You have sworn allegiance to debauchery, treachery, stinginess
Miserliness, all together, and with baseness and lying.
Miserliness, cowardice, and lies altogether
ياO قَيسُQays إِنَّindeed الأَسلابَthe spoils أَحرَزَهاsecured them
يا قَيسُ إِنَّ الأَسلابَ أَحرَزَها
مَنwhoever كانَused to يُغشيbring down over الذَوائِبَthe forelocks القُضُباthe sharp swords
مَن كانَ يُغشي الذَوائِبَ القُضُبا
O Qays, the spoils were secured
O Qais, indeed, noble lineages are attained
By whoever brought sharp swords down upon forelocks.
By those who raid at dusk the thorny thickets
وَأَنتَand you فيin الدارِthe dwelling غَيرُnot مُحتَضِرٍpresent at
وَأَنتَ في الدارِ غَيرُ مُحتَضِرٍ
حَرباًwar وَتَدعوand you call قِتالَناour fighting لَعِباplay
حَرباً وَتَدعو قِتالَنا لَعِبا
And you remain at home, taking no part in
While you, not on your deathbed, stay at home
War, and you call our fighting play.
And jest of our warring as if mere play
لَوif كُنتَyou had been فيهِمamong them وَالحَربُand war لاقِحَةٌraging (literally, pregnant)
لَو كُنتَ فيهِم وَالحَربُ لاقِحَةٌ
لَكُنتَyou would have been فيهِمamong them مُغَلَّباًrepeatedly defeated ذَنَباa tail
لَكُنتَ فيهِم مُغَلَّباً ذَنَبا
Had you been among them, with war pregnant with fury,
Had you been among them when war grew fierce
You would have been among them repeatedly defeated—a mere tail.
You would have been among the defeated, blamed
نَحنُwe اِستَبَحناplundered ماwhat فيin دِيارِكُمُyour dwellings
نَحنُ اِستَبَحنا ما في دِيارِكُمُ
يَومَthe day صَبَحناكُمُwe attacked you at dawn بِهاin them حُصَباlike a hail of stones
يَومَ صَبَحناكُمُ بِها حُصَبا
We plundered what was in your dwellings
We ransacked whatever was in your abodes
The day we struck you there at dawn, like a hail of stones.
The day we overran them with spears
نَحنُwe حُماةُdefenders الأَطامِthe strongholds فيin سالِفِbygone الthe
نَحنُ حُماةُ الأَطامِ في سالِفِ ال
دَهرِtime وَقِدماًand long ago سُقناكُمُwe drove you حَنَباbent low
دَهرِ وَقِدماً سُقناكُمُ حَنَبا
We are the defenders of the strongholds in bygone
We are the protectors of sanctuaries throughout
Time; long ago we drove you, bent low.
The days of yore, and long ago we led you like lambs
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.