غَلُظَتgrew thick شِفاهlips الشيخthe sheikh حتىuntil
غَلُظَت شِفاه الشيخ حتى
ملاunclear as written يبينُis discernible ولاand not يرىis seen
ملا يبينُ ولا يرى
The sheikh's lips grew so thick that
The sheikh's lips were so thick
[Opening unclear; apparently:] he is neither discernible nor seen.
They could barely be seen or discerned
فإذاso when مشىhe walks فكأنماthen it is as though
فإذا مشى فكأنما
مشتwalked الجبالُthe mountains أوor القُرىthe villages
مشت الجبالُ أو القُرى
So when he walks, it is as though
When he walked it was as though
the mountains or villages were walking.
Mountains or villages were walking
عَظُمَتgrew enormous ففاقَتand surpassed رأسَهُhis head
عَظُمَت ففاقَت رأسَهُ
وتراكَمتand piled up فوقَabove الثَّرَىthe earth
وتراكَمت فوقَ الثَّرَى
They grew enormous, surpassing his head,
His head was so enormous
and piled up above the earth.
It towered over the land
فكأنَّهُso it is as though he وكأَنَّهاand as though they
فكأنَّهُ وكأَنَّها
رَضوىRaḍwā استقلَّتbore aloft خِنصراa little finger
رَضوى استقلَّت خِنصرا
It is as though he and his lips were
As if he and it
Raḍwā bearing a little finger aloft.
Were burdens that had become independent, haughty
يمشيhe walks الهويناat a gentle pace ثمthen يُوfirst fragment of 'gives the impression'
يمشي الهوينا ثم يُو
هِمُfinal fragment of 'gives the impression' أَنَّهthat he متبختراswaggering
هِمُ أَنَّه متبخترا
He walks slowly, then gives
He walks conceitedly, intending
the impression that he is swaggering,
To appear arrogant
متثاقلاًmoving heavily منfrom حَملهاcarrying them
متثاقلاً من حَملها
متباطئاًmoving slowly متأخراlagging behind
متباطئاً متأخرا
moving heavily under their weight,
Sluggish from its weight upon him
slow-paced and lagging behind.
Slow, delayed
وإذاand when أرادhe wishes النطقpronunciation بالباءِof the letter bāʾ
وإذا أراد النطق بالباءِ
تجاوزَتَاthe two went beyond الوَرىmankind
تجاوزَتَا الوَرى
And when he wishes to pronounce bāʾ,
And when he wanted to speak the letter 'b'
his two lips reach beyond mankind.
It crossed horizons
بُعدُextent المسافةِthe distance فيهماbetween them both
بُعدُ المسافةِ فيهما
بعدُdistance السماءthe sky عنfrom الثرىthe earth
بعدُ السماء عن الثرى
The distance between them
The distance between them
is the distance of heaven from the earth.
Was the distance between sky and land
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.