متهللbeaming زجلclamorous تحنُّmoan رواعدٌthundering clouds
متهلل زجل تحنُّ رواعدٌ
فيin حجرتيهits two flanks وتستطيرand dart about بروقُflashes of lightning
في حجرتيه وتستطير بروقُ
A beaming, clamorous cloud—thunderclouds moan
A drinking feast rolls ankles,
In its two flanks, and lightning darts about.
Lightning flashes in his room,
سدتblocked أوائلهits foremost parts سبيلthe way أواخرhindmost parts
سدت أوائله سبيل أواخر
لمdid not يدرknow سائقهنtheir driver كيفhow يسوقto drive
لم يدر سائقهن كيف يسوق
Its foremost clouds blocked the way of those behind;
His first denied the path to last drinks,
Their driver did not know how to drive them.
Not knowing how to lead them on.
فسجاso it grew still وأسعدand aided حالبيهits milkers بدرةwith a copious flow
فسجا وأسعد حالبيه بدرة
منهfrom it سواعدُmilk-ducts ثرَّةٌfreely flowing وعروقand veins
منه سواعدُ ثرَّةٌ وعروق
So it lay still; its milkers were aided with a rich flow
So he closed up and brought joy
From its freely flowing milk-ducts and veins.
To them that milked his slaughtered cow,
وتنفستand breathed فيهwithin it الصباthe east wind فتبجستthen burst forth
وتنفست فيه الصبا فتبجست
منهfrom it الكلىkidney-like cloud-masses فأديمهso its hide معقوقsplit open
منه الكلى فأديمه معقوق
The east wind breathed within it, and there burst forth
Till from sapped veins he sniffed the air
From it its kidney-like cloud-masses; its hide was split open.
And disembowelled his strength and health.
حتىuntil إذاwhen قُضيتwere paid لقيعانto the lowlands الملاthe open country
حتى إذا قُضيت لقيعان الملا
عنهon its behalf حقوقdues بعدهنafter them حقوقdues
عنه حقوق بعدهن حقوق
At last, when the lowlands of the open country were paid
At last when huge debts swallowed all,
Their dues on its behalf, dues upon dues,
Claims on claims came raining in,
طفقتbegan رواياهits water-bearing camels تجرdragging مزادهاtheir waterskins
طفقت رواياه تجر مزادها
فوقover الرباthe hills ومزادهاand their waterskins مشقوقsplit open
فوق الربا ومزادها مشقوق
Its water-bearing camels began dragging their waterskins
His tales began to sell themselves
Over the hills, their waterskins split open.
Above the going interest rates,
وتضاحكand laughed الروضthe meadow الكئيبsorrowful لصوبهat its downpour
وتضاحك الروض الكئيب لصوبه
حتىuntil تفتقburst open نورهits blossoms المرتوقsealed shut
حتى تفتق نوره المرتوق
And the sorrowful meadow laughed at its downpour,
And laughing meadows round him glowed
Until its sealed blossoms burst open.
Until their longed-for light broke through,
وتنسمتand wafted نفحاتهits fragrant breaths فكأنهso, as though it were
وتنسمت نفحاته فكأنه
مسكmusk تضوعdiffused its fragrance فأرهits musk-pods مفتوقslit open
مسك تضوع فأره مفتوق
And its fragrances wafted, so it seemed to be
His breaths like freighted musk were freed
Musk exhaling fragrance, its pods slit open.
To wander where they would.
وتغردand warbled المُكَّاءthe lark فيهwithin it كأنهas though it were
وتغرد المُكَّاء فيه كأنه
طَرِبٌenraptured تعلَّلfound solace بالغناءwith singing مَشوقfull of longing
طَرِبٌ تعلَّل بالغناء مَشوق
And the lark warbled within it, as though it were
The owl sings merrily as though
An enraptured, yearning soul finding solace in song.
He strings the pearls of melody.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.