أَمّاas for كُلَيبُKulayb بنُson of يَربوعٍYarbuʿ فَإِنَّthen indeed لَهاit has
أَمّا كُلَيبُ بنُ يَربوعٍ فَإِنَّ لَها
شَرَّthe worst الرِفاقِthe companions إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle حُصِّلَare assessed الرُفَقُthe groups of companions
شَرَّ الرِفاقِ إِذا ما حُصِّلَ الرُفَقُ
As for Kulayb son of Yarbuʿ, it has
Kulayb son of Yarbu’ has the worst
the worst companions, when the groups are assessed.
companions when companionship proves good.
سودُblack الوُجوهِthe faces وَراءَbehind القَومِthe people مَجلِسُهُمtheir sitting-place
سودُ الوُجوهِ وَراءَ القَومِ مَجلِسُهُم
كَأَنَّas though قائِلَهُمtheir spokesman فيamong الناسِthe people مُستَرَقُenslaved
كَأَنَّ قائِلَهُم في الناسِ مُستَرَقُ
Their faces are black; their place is behind the people,
Their place of sitting behind the people is black-faced
as though their spokesman among people were enslaved.
as though borrowed from among the people.
البائِتونَthose spending the night قَريباًnearby دونَshort of أَهلِهِمِtheir folk
البائِتونَ قَريباً دونَ أَهلِهِمِ
وَلَوand if يَشاؤونَthey wish آبواthey returned الحَيَّthe camp أَوor طَرَقواthey arrived by night
وَلَو يَشاؤونَ آبوا الحَيَّ أَو طَرَقوا
They spend the night nearby, short of their own folk,
Those spending the night close by away from their families,
and if they wished, they would return to the camp or arrive by night.
though desiring, neither came to their loved ones nor knocked.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.