كأنّas though بنيsons of نعشٍNaʿsh (the Bier) نساءٌwomen حواسرٌbareheaded
كأنّ بني نعشٍ نساءٌ حواسرٌ
قرائبُkinswomen قدalready شَيَّعنَthey accompanied نعشَthe bier of قريبِa kinsman
قرائبُ قد شَيَّعنَ نعشَ قريبِ
As though Banū Naʿsh were bareheaded women,
As if around a bier women mourners wail
kinswomen who have accompanied a kinsman's bier.
Kin who has borne a kinsman's bier to burial
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.