حَيّاmay it greet الحيَاthe rain وَطَناًa dwelling بإربلin Erbil دارساًeffaced
حَيّا الحيَا وَطَناً بإربل دارساً
أخنَتwrought ruin عليهupon it حوادثُthe vicissitudes of الأيّامِthe days
أخنَت عليه حوادثُ الأيّامِ
May the rain greet a ruined dwelling in Erbil,
He lived a good life in a homeland studied by Erbil
The vicissitudes of time have laid it waste.
The events of time have sighed over it
أقوَتbecame deserted مرابِعُهُits springtime haunts وأوحشَand grew desolate أُنسُهُits fellowship
أقوَت مرابِعُهُ وأوحشَ أُنسُهُ
وخَلَتand became empty مراتعهُits pastures منof الآرامthe gazelles
وخَلَت مراتعهُ من الآرام
Its springtime haunts lie deserted; its fellowship has grown forlorn,
Its squares have been populated and its company has been lonely
And its pastures are empty of gazelles.
And its pastures are devoid of tranquility
عُنِيَconcerned itself الشتاتُdispersion بأهلهwith its people فتفرقواso they scattered
عُنِيَ الشتاتُ بأهله فتفرقوا
أيديhands (scattered bands in this idiom) سَباSaba فيin غيرother than دارan abode of مقامsettlement
أيدي سَبا في غير دار مقام
Dispersion concerned itself with its people, and they scattered,
The diaspora was concerned with its people, so they dispersed
Like the scattered bands of Saba, with no settled home.
The hands of youth in other than the house of residence
إنthough يُمسِit now is قدalready لعبتhave toyed بهwith it أيديthe hands of البِلىdecay
إن يُمسِ قد لعبت به أيدي البِلى
عافيeffaced المعاهدthe familiar haunts دارسَworn away الاعلامthe landmarks
عافي المعاهد دارسَ الاعلام
Though it now lies a plaything in the hands of decay,
If a tribe has been touched by the hands of affliction
Its haunts erased, its landmarks effaced,
May the covenants spare the studied flags
فلكمyet how often قضيتُI fulfilled بهin it لُباناتthe desires of الصِّباyouth
فلكم قضيتُ به لُبانات الصِّبا
مَعَwith فِتيَةٍyoung men شمِّlofty الأنوفِthe noses كرامِnoble
مَعَ فِتيَةٍ شمِّ الأنوفِ كرامِ
Yet how often I fulfilled there the desires of youth,
So I have spent with it my mornings of youth
With noble young men, their noses held proudly high.
With young men, proud and of high lineage
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.