انظُرْlook الىat الشمسthe sun فوقَabove النيلِthe Nile غاربةٌsetting
انظُرْ الى الشمس فوقَ النيلِ غاربةٌ
واعجَبْand marvel لماat what بعدَهاafter her منof حُمرةِredness الشفَقِthe twilight
واعجَبْ لما بعدَها من حُمرةِ الشفَقِ
Look at the sun setting over the Nile,
Behold the sun above the Nile sinking
and marvel at the redness of the twilight after her.
And marvel at the crimson afterglow
غابتْshe set وأبقَتْand she left شُعاعاًa ray فيهin it يفخلِفُهاtakes her place (apparent misspelling)
غابتْ وأبقَتْ شُعاعاً فيه يفخلِفُها
كأنّهاas though she احترقَتْburned بالماءِby the water فيin الغرقِdrowning
كأنّها احترقَتْ بالماءِ في الغرقِ
She has set, leaving a ray in it to take her place,
It has set, leaving a ray behind
as though she had been burned by the water as she drowned.
As though it were aflame amidst the flow
وللهلالِand at the crescent فهلso has it? وافىcome ليُنقِذَهاto rescue her
وللهلالِ فهل وافى ليُنقِذَها
فيin أثْرهاher wake زورقٌa skiff قدalready صِيغَwas fashioned منfrom ورَقِsilver
في أثْرها زورقٌ قد صِيغَ من ورَقِ
And marvel at the crescent—has it come to rescue her,
The crescent, did it overtake the sun
a skiff in her wake, fashioned from silver?
To rescue it, a boat of paper in tow
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.