ليI have طيلسانٌa mantle أناI فيin يديهits two hands
لي طيلسانٌ أنا في يديه
مثلُlike الأسيرthe captive خانعٌsubmissive لدَيهِin its presence
مثلُ الأسير خانعٌ لدَيهِ
I have a mantle; I am in its hands,
I have a sword in my hands
Like a captive, submissive before it.
Like a prisoner, submissive to it
زَعْزعتِhave shaken الأيامُthe days جانبيهits two sides
زَعْزعتِ الأيامُ جانبيه
قدalready هدمتْhave demolished أيامُهits days رُكنيهits two corners
قد هدمتْ أيامُه رُكنيه
The days have shaken its two sides;
Time has shaken its sides
Its days have already demolished its two corners.
Days have demolished its pillars
تُسرعُhastens كلُّevery آفةٍaffliction إليهtoward it
تُسرعُ كلُّ آفةٍ إليه
كأنَّas though كلَّevery صيحةٍshout عليهagainst it
كأنَّ كلَّ صيحةٍ عليه
Every affliction hastens toward it,
Every harm hastens to it
As though every shout were directed against it.
As if every outcry were upon it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.