أَلاAh! طَرَقَتshe visited by night سُعدىSu‘da فَكَيفَso how تَأَفَّقَتdid she come from afar
أَلا طَرَقَت سُعدى فَكَيفَ تَأَفَّقَت
بِناto us وَهيَthough she is ميسانُdrowsy اللَياليthe nights كَسولُهاindolent during them
بِنا وَهيَ ميسانُ اللَيالي كَسولُها
Ah, Su‘da came by night—how did she come from afar
Oh star of fortune, how you have shined upon me
to us, though she is drowsy through the nights, so indolent?
When the nights seem endless, you make sleep easy
تُباريshe races بِأَجوازِthrough the middle reaches of العَقيقِal-‘Aqiq غُدَيَّةًone early morning
تُباري بِأَجوازِ العَقيقِ غُدَيَّةً
عَلىon هاجِراتٍtraveling she-camels حانَthe time had come مِنهاfrom them نُزولُهاher dismounting
عَلى هاجِراتٍ حانَ مِنها نُزولُها
She races through al-‘Aqiq’s middle reaches one early morning,
Your ruby gifts outshine the dawn
on traveling she-camels, from which it was time for her to alight.
That now descends on migrating birds
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.