وقلنand they took their midday rest لخوِّat the height of اليومthe day لماwhen وجدتهI found it
وقلن لخوِّ اليوم لما وجدته
بسروحamong spreading trees وادa valley ذيpossessing أراكarak trees وتنضبِand tandub trees
بسروح واد ذي أراك وتنضبِ
And they rested at the height of day, when I found it,
And I said to the one I loved today when I found him
among the spreading trees of a valley with arak and tandub trees,
In the valley of Saroukh as I saw you drawing water
كماas كنستsheltered in their lairs عينwide-eyed wild cows بوجرةat Wajra لمdid not تخفfear
كما كنست عين بوجرة لم تخف
قنيصاًhunters لومunclear; likely ولم, meaning ‘and did not’ تفزعbecome startled لصوتat the sound of المكلبthe hunting-dog handler
قنيصاً لوم تفزع لصوت المكلب
as wide-eyed wild cows sheltered at Wajra, fearing no
As if you had wiped the eye of the jug so it would not spill
hunters, nor startled by the dog-handler’s cry.
A tunic that startles not at the baying of the dog
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.