ياO منyou who بأعداهwith his enemies شفراتedges المناصلthe sword blades دامbloodstained
يا من بأعداه شفرات المناصل دام
وعقالand the hobble فحلbull camel الخطوبthe calamities الباذلthe lavish giver الصلدامthe mighty one
وعقال فحل الخطوب الباذل الصلدام
O you whose sword edges are stained with your enemies’ blood,
O you whose blades are sharpened daggers, whose
And the hobble of calamities’ lavish, mighty bull camel!
Firm resolve is like a valiant stallion's,
لمdid not نلقwe encounter قبلكbefore you همامa valiant hero فيin الحروبthe wars مدامever steadfast
لم نلق قبلك همام في الحروب مدام
يرشفhe sips كؤوسcups الروسthe heads بحومةin the thick of الميدانthe battlefield
يرشف كؤوس الروس بحومة الميدان
Before you, we never met a hero so steadfast in battle,
We've never met your equal on the fields of war-
Who sips from cups of heads in the thick of the battlefield,
Your goblet brims with blood amid the fray,
ماemphatic particle بينbetween سمرtawny shafts الغواليthe precious lances والنجيعand shed blood مدامwine
ما بين سمر الغوالي والنجيع مدام
Amid the tawny shafts of precious lances, with shed blood for wine.
From dusk when cries of battle fill the air til dawn
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.