وافىcame لَناto us وَلَهُand he had صَحيفَةُa sheet of paper صَفحَةٍa cheek
وافى لَنا وَلَهُ صَحيفَةُ صَفحَةٍ
جَعَلَbegan العِذارُthe cheek-down بِهاupon it يَسيلُto flow مَداداas ink
جَعَلَ العِذارُ بِها يَسيلُ مَدادا
He came to us, his cheek a sheet of paper,
There came to us and him a page of a book
On which his cheek-down began to flow as ink,
On which regret made its ink freely flow
مُتَجَهِّماًfrowning ثَكِلَbereft of الشَبابِyouth كَأَنَّماas though
مُتَجَهِّماً ثَكِلَ الشَبابِ كَأَنَّما
نَشَرَspread العِذارُthe cheek-down عَلىover الشَبابِyouth حِداداmourning black
نَشَرَ العِذارُ عَلى الشَبابِ حِدادا
Frowning, bereft of youth, as though
Frowning, as if regretting the passing of youth,
His cheek-down had spread mourning black over youth.
Spreading grief over youth like mourning clothes
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.