زَمِيرُpiping الهَبانِيقِthe servant boys فِيin زَمخَرٍreeds
زَمِيرُ الهَبانِيقِ فِي زَمخَرٍ
مَجُوفٍhollow إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle ارتَجَسنَthey resounded ارتِجَاساa rumbling din
مَجُوفٍ إِذا ما ارتَجَسنَ ارتِجَاسا
The piping of servant boys through reeds,
The cooing of the doves in the hollow
Hollow, whenever they resound with a rumbling din.
bamboo stalk when they alight with fluttering
فلَمّاso when كَسَعتُهُمُI struck them from behind بالرِماحٍwith the spears
فلَمّا كَسَعتُهُمُ بالرِماحٍ
أَخلَّواthey relinquished إِليهِنَّto them حوماًa vast herd دِحاساdensely packed
أَخلَّوا إِليهِنَّ حوماً دِحاسا
So when I struck them from behind with spears,
So when I heard them with spears
They yielded to them a vast, densely packed herd.
They rushed at them a crushing swarm
كَأَنَّas though تَجاوُبَthe mutual answering of أَصواتِهاits voices
كَأَنَّ تَجاوُبَ أَصواتِها
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle قَرَبنَthey approached المِياهَthe waters الخِماساthe fifth-day watering
إِذا ما قَرَبنَ المِياهَ الخِماسا
As though its answering cries,
As if the echoing of their voices
Whenever they neared the waters for their fifth-day drink.
As they approached the fifth of the waters
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.