وشاحبِand one wan اللَّبسةِin dress والأعضاءِand limbs
وشاحبِ اللَّبسةِ والأعضاءِ
أشعثَdisheveled نائيlong removed العَهدِin acquaintance بالرَّخاءِwith comfort
أشعثَ نائي العَهدِ بالرَّخاءِ
And a man with faded garb and pallid limbs,
Pale of garb and limbs, long estranged from comfort,
disheveled, long a stranger to comfort,
Disheveled, far removed, emptied into open space,
أفضىled بهwith him العُدْمُpoverty إلىinto الفَضاءthe open
أفضى به العُدْمُ إلى الفَضاء
فوجهُهso his face للضِّحِّto sunlight والهواءِand air
فوجهُه للضِّحِّ والهواءِ
poverty had driven him into the open,
His face exposed to sun and wind,
so his face was exposed to sunlight and air.
Bearing sustenance from the dust,
أغبرَdust-covered يحويhe gathers الرزقَsustenance منfrom غَبراءِa dust-gray net
أغبرَ يحوي الرزقَ من غَبراءِ
خَفيفةٍlight ثقيلةِheavy الأرجاءِat the edges
خَفيفةٍ ثقيلةِ الأرجاءِ
Dust-covered, he drew sustenance from a dust-gray net,
Light of burden, heavy of limb,
light, yet heavy at its edges,
As if a cloak's rustling,
كأنَّهاas though it هَلهلةُthe loose weave الرِّداءِof a cloak
كأنَّها هَلهلةُ الرِّداءِ
كلَّفَهاhe charged it with لحظَwatching بناتِthe daughters الماءِof water
كلَّفَها لحظَ بناتِ الماءِ
as though it were a cloak's loose weave.
Assigned by a glance of water's daughters,
He charged it with watching the daughters of water,
With eyes untouched by bashfulness,
بأَعيُنٍwith eyes لمnever تُؤتَwere betrayed منby إغضاءٍclosing the eyes
بأَعيُنٍ لم تُؤتَ من إغضاءٍ
كثيرةٍnumerous تُربيexceed علىbeyond الإحصاءِcounting
كثيرةٍ تُربي على الإحصاءِ
with eyes never betrayed by closing,
Many fostered in counting,
so numerous they surpassed counting.
Who came to fill the beholder's eye
وأقبلَتْand it came forth تملأُfilling عينَthe eye الرائيof the beholder
وأقبلَتْ تملأُ عينَ الرائي
بكلwith every صافيpure المتنِin back والأحشاءِand innards
بكل صافي المتنِ والأحشاءِ
And it came forth, filling the beholder's eye
With all the clarity of pearl and inner flesh,
with each fish pure in back and innards,
White like polished silver,
أبيضَwhite مثلِlike الفِضَّةِsilver البيضاءِwhite
أبيضَ مثلِ الفِضَّةِ البيضاءِ
أوor كذِراعِlike the arm الكاعبِof a nubile maiden الحسناءِbeautiful
أو كذِراعِ الكاعبِ الحسناءِ
white as white silver,
Or like the beautiful swimmer's arm,
or like a lovely, nubile maiden's arm.
Thus, when he ventured the dice,
فحازَso he gained إذwhen خاطرَhe gambled بالحوباءِwith his life
فحازَ إذ خاطرَ بالحوباءِ
سعادةَthe happiness الجَدِّof good fortune منfrom الشَّقاءِmisery
سعادةَ الجَدِّ من الشَّقاءِ
So, when he risked his life, he won
He won ease from hardship,
the joy of good fortune out of misery.
He created two fine robes for us
عَنَّhe appeared لناto us فيin حُلَّتَيtwo robes of عَناءِtoil
عَنَّ لنا في حُلَّتَي عَناءِ
منfrom صنعةِthe handiwork الإدلاجِof early-night travel والإسراءِand nocturnal journeying
من صنعةِ الإدلاجِ والإسراءِ
He appeared to us in two robes of toil,
In workmanship of plaiting and night journeying,
wrought by early-night travel and nocturnal journeying,
And dawn carried in the pouch of darkness,
والصُّبحُand dawn حِملُa fetus فيin حَشاthe womb الظَّلماءِof darkness
والصُّبحُ حِملُ في حَشا الظَّلماءِ
ونحنand we نُذكيkindle شُعَلَthe flames الصَّهباءِof tawny wine
ونحن نُذكي شُعَلَ الصَّهباءِ
while dawn was a fetus in darkness's womb,
While we kindled the flames of dry wood,
and we were kindling the flames of tawny wine.
Then he passed, and the strings in contention
فمرَّthen he passed by والأوتارُand the strings فيin مِراءِcontention
فمرَّ والأوتارُ في مِراءِ
يَحمِلُhe carries مِثلَthe likeness of زُبدَةِbutter السِّقاءِof the skin churn
يَحمِلُ مِثلَ زُبدَةِ السِّقاءِ
Then he passed by, while the strings contended,
Bore resemblance to the juice of water-pourers,
carrying something like butter from a skin churn.
Released from an emerald lagoon
أطلقَهhe released it منfrom لُجَّةٍa watery depth خَضراءِgreen
أطلقَه من لُجَّةٍ خَضراءِ
فيinto لُجَّةِa watery depth يلعبُit plays فيin ضياءِlight
في لُجَّةِ يلعبُ في ضياءِ
He had released it from a green deep
Where he sported in the light,
into a deep where it plays amid light,
As if cast upon pebbles,
كأنهas though it مُلقىًwere laid علىupon الحَصباءِthe pebbles
كأنه مُلقىً على الحَصباءِ
ينظُرُit gazes منfrom ياقوتَةٍa sapphire زَرْقاءِblue
ينظُرُ من ياقوتَةٍ زَرْقاءِ
as though laid upon the pebbles,
Gazing from a blue gemstone
gazing from a blue sapphire,
In a double string whose courses intertwine,
فيin جَوْشَنٍa coat of mail مُفَضَّضِsilvered الأَثناءِin its folds
في جَوْشَنٍ مُفَضَّضِ الأَثناءِ
قُدَّwas cut لهاfor it منfrom جَونَةِthe sun الضَّحاءِof late morning
قُدَّ لها من جَونَةِ الضَّحاءِ
in a coat of mail with silvered folds,
To which an offering was made
cut for it from the late-morning sun,
Of the clarity of radiant morning,
أوor منfrom حَبيرِthe brocade مُزنَةٍof a raincloud غرَّاءِradiant
أو من حَبيرِ مُزنَةٍ غرَّاءِ
غذاؤناour food بوركَmay it be blessed منas غَذَاءِfood
غذاؤنا بوركَ من غَذَاءِ
or from the brocade of a radiant raincloud.
Or the resin tears of a weeping cloud,
Our food—blessed be such food!
Our food, blessed sustenance,
نُؤثرُهwe prefer it فيin الصيَّفِsummer والشِّتاءِand winter
نُؤثرُه في الصيَّفِ والشِّتاءِ
علىover القَديدِdried meat الغَضِّtender والشُّواءِand roast meat
على القَديدِ الغَضِّ والشُّواءِ
We prefer it in summer and winter
We prefer it in summer and winter
to tender dried meat and roast,
To meat, raw or roasted,
رِزقاًas sustenance رُزِقْناهwe were granted it بلاwithout عَناءٍtoil
رِزقاً رُزِقْناه بلا عَناءٍ
نَعُدُّهwe count it منamong سابغِabundant النَّعماءِblessings
نَعُدُّه من سابغِ النَّعماءِ
sustenance we were granted without toil,
Victuals we gained without toil,
we count it among abundant blessings.
Which we count among complete blessings.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.