أياO هَنتاهyou there هلquestion particle لكfor you فيin هريسٍharees (pounded grain-and-meat dish)
أيا هَنتاه هل لك في هريسٍ
بلُحمانِwith the meats of النَّواهِضthe fledged young birds والبطوطِand ducks
بلُحمانِ النَّواهِض والبطوطِ
O you there, would you care for harees,
O Hantah, do you have any interest in an old camel blanket
With the flesh of fledglings and ducks,
With the shapes of gazelles and ducks
وأضلاعand ribs الرُّخالthe ewe lambs مُربَّيَاتٍreared
وأضلاع الرُّخال مُربَّيَاتٍ
بكسبon oilcake المروِmarw (an oilseed herb) والعجمand fruit stones اللقيطِgathered
بكسب المروِ والعجم اللقيطِ
And the ribs of ewe lambs reared
And ribs of well-bred mares
On marw oilcake and gathered fruit stones—
Dyed with madder and foreign mordant
صنيعةِthe handiwork of خابِرٍone experienced صَنِعٍskillful مُجيدٍaccomplished
صنيعةِ خابِرٍ صَنِعٍ مُجيدٍ
أخيone possessed of علمٍknowledge بصنعتهاof its preparation مُحيطfully versed
أخي علمٍ بصنعتها مُحيط
The handiwork of an experienced, skillful master,
The work of an expert artisan
A man of knowledge, fully versed in its preparation?
My brother, knowledgeable about this art
أملَّhe wearied الليلَthe night يعقدُهاhe thickens it بضربٍby pounding
أملَّ الليلَ يعقدُها بضربٍ
فجاءَthen he brought بهاwith it تمدَّدit stretches out كالخيوطِlike threads
فجاءَ بها تمدَّد كالخيوطِ
He wearied the night, thickening it by pounding,
He worked the night stringing them like threads
Then brought it forth, stretching out like threads.
And brought them out stretched like strings
وبينand between يديكyour two hands منsome of مُريٍmurrī (fermented sauce) عتيقٍaged
وبين يديك من مُريٍ عتيقٍ
توارثهinherited it successively القرونthe generations عنfrom النَّبيطthe Nabataeans
توارثه القرون عن النَّبيط
And before you is some aged murrī,
And in your hands an old blanket
Inherited through the generations from the Nabataeans.
Inherited through generations from the Bedouin
فتبركُthen you kneel فوقabove صفحتِهاits surface بُروكاًa kneeling
فتبركُ فوق صفحتِها بُروكاً
كماjust as بركknelt البعيرthe camel علىupon الخبيطthe beaten-down leaves (fodder)
كما برك البعير على الخبيط
Then you crouch low over its surface,
So bless it with your blessings
As a camel kneels upon beaten-down leaf fodder.
As the camel blessed the saddle cloth
فياso, O للهِto God منof لقمٍmouthfuls هُناكمthere with you
فيا للهِ من لقمٍ هُناكم
تجاوبُanswer one another بالشَّحيجwith braying وبالغطيطand with snoring
تجاوبُ بالشَّحيج وبالغطيط
Oh God, what mouthfuls you have there—
What a delicious morsel there
Answering one another with braying and snoring!
Answered with neighing and braying
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.