وأغرَّand a white-blazed steed مصقولِpolished الأديمِthe hide تخالُهُyou imagine it
وأغرَّ مصقولِ الأديمِ تخالُهُ
بَرْقَاًlightning إذاwhen جَمَعَbrings together العتاقَthe thoroughbreds رهانُa race
بَرْقَاً إذا جَمَعَ العتاقَ رهانُ
And a white-blazed steed, sleek of hide—you would take it for
The polished leather of his saddle gleams
lightning when a race brings the thoroughbreds together.
Like lightning when the stakes are laid for race
يطأit treads الثرىthe earth متبختراًstrutting proudly فكأنَّهso, as though it were
يطأ الثرى متبختراً فكأنَّه
منfrom لحظِهِits gazing فيat متنهits back نشوانintoxicated
من لحظِهِ في متنه نشوان
It treads the earth with swagger, as though it were
He steps proudly on the earth, as though
drunk from gazing at its own back.
Its living soul were trembling in his pace
فكأنَّso, as though بدرَthe full moon التِّمِّfullness فوقَabove سَراتهits upper back
فكأنَّ بدرَ التِّمِّ فوقَ سَراته
حُسْناًin beauty وبينand between جفونِهِits eyelids كيوانSaturn
حُسْناً وبين جفونِهِ كيوان
So it is as though the full moon were upon its back
The full moon riding o’er the saddle’s seat
in beauty, and Saturn between its eyelids.
Is beauty, while between the lids his gaze
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.