نسبlineage الجمَّازal-Jammaz
نسب الجمَّاز
مقصورconfined إليهto him منتهاهُits furthest extent
مقصور إليه منتهاهُ
The lineage of al-Jammaz:
The lineage of metaphor
its furthest reach is confined to him.
Its endpoint attributed
يتراءىis plainly visible نسبlineage الناfirst part of 'the people'
يتراءى نسب النا
سfinal part of 'the people' فماso not يخفىis hidden سواهُother than it
س فما يخفى سواهُ
Plain to see is the lineage of the peo-
The lineage of the people appears
ple; none but his is hidden.
None other than it is hidden
يتحاجىtrade riddles فيabout أبيthe father of
يتحاجى في أبي
الجمازal-Jammaz منwho هوhe كاتباهُhis two scribes
الجماز من هو كاتباهُ
Riddles are traded about the father of
It contends regarding my father
al-Jammaz—who is he?—by his two scribes.
Who is the writer of it
ليسdoes not يدريknow منwho أبوthe father of الجمfirst part of 'al-Jammaz'
ليس يدري من أبو الجم
ازfinal part of 'al-Jammaz' إلاّexcept منone who يراهُsees him
از إلاّ من يراهُ
No one knows who the father of al-Jamm-
None knows who is the father of metaphor
az is, except one who sees him.
Except those who see him
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.