وَأَسوَدٍand a black one عَنَّappeared لَناto us سابِحٍswimming
وَأَسوَدٍ عَنَّ لَنا سابِحٍ
فيin لُجَّةٍa deep expanse of water تَطفَحُoverflows بَيضاءِwhite
في لُجَّةٍ تَطفَحُ بَيضاءِ
And a black swimmer appeared to us,
A swimmer told of inky nights for us
in a white, overflowing expanse of water;
In a surge of white he’s awash
وَإِنَّماand only جالَroamed بِهاwithin it ناظِرٌa pupil
وَإِنَّما جالَ بِها ناظِرٌ
فيin مُقلَةٍan eye تَنظُرُgazes زَرقاءِblue
في مُقلَةٍ تَنظُرُ زَرقاءِ
and it was only a pupil roaming within it,
Though it was but his gaze that roamed them
in a blue eye that gazes.
From eyes of blue that looked on
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.