رأيتI saw خيارthe best بنيthe sons of مسهرMus'hir
رأيت خيار بني مسهر
تشاكلresemble فيin اللؤمbaseness أشرارهاtheir worst
تشاكل في اللؤم أشرارها
I saw the best of Banu Mus'hir
I saw the best of youth awake at night
resemble their worst in baseness.
Evil ones matching in vileness
أطالواthey lengthened اللحىthe beards كيso that يحوزواthey might attain بهاthrough them
أطالوا اللحى كي يحوزوا بها
مرادthe desire of النفوسthe souls وأوطارهاand their wishes
مراد النفوس وأوطارها
They lengthened their beards to attain through them
They grew their beards to gain through them
the souls' desires and their wishes.
What their souls and bodies craved
وحفواand they closely trimmed الشواربthe mustaches عنaway from نخرةa nose
وحفوا الشوارب عن نخرة
تضرمit flares up إنif يطفئواthey extinguish نارهاits fire
تضرم إن يطفئوا نارها
And they trimmed their mustaches back from a nose
They hid their moustaches from a sneer
that flares up if they extinguish its fire.
That blazes if its fire's not quenched
وكانتand they had been ستوراcurtains علىover كنفهمtheir privies
وكانت ستورا على كنفهم
فلمso why سلبواthey stripped الكنفthe privies أستارهاtheir curtains
فلم سلبوا الكنف أستارها
And they had been curtains over their privies—
Their sleeves were screens upon their palms
so why did they strip the privies of their curtains?
Though they stripped the palms, the screens remained
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.