وليلٍand a night ترىyou see الشُّهْبthe meteors منقَضَّةًplunging down
وليلٍ ترى الشُّهْب منقَضَّةً
بهِin it نحوَtoward مستَرقٍone stealing by stealth سمعَهْhis hearing
بهِ نحوَ مستَرقٍ سمعَهْ
And a night when you see the meteors plunging
And by night you see meteors falling
Through it toward an eavesdropper,
Toward one with keen hearing
كماjust as مُدَّwas spread out منof ذَهَبٍgold مُدَّةٌa streak
كما مُدَّ من ذَهَبٍ مُدَّةٌ
علىupon لازورديةlapis-blue الرُّقْعَهْthe expanse
على لازوردية الرُّقْعَهْ
Like a streak of gold spread out
As gold is outstretched
Upon a lapis-blue expanse.
On a small lapis lazuli patch
تراهاyou see them إِذاwhen انتشرتْthey scattered فيin السَّمَاءthe sky
تراها إِذا انتشرتْ في السَّمَاء
ولمand did not يَخْلremain empty منof ضوئهاtheir light بقعَهْa spot
ولم يَخْل من ضوئها بقعَهْ
You see them, when they scatter across the sky
You see them when they spread in the sky
And no spot is left without their light,
And no place lacks their light
مزاريقjavelins تبرٍunworked gold ترامتْhurled at one another بهَاwith them
مزاريق تبرٍ ترامتْ بهَا
بنوsons of الحربِwar فيin حومةِthe thick of الوقعَهْthe battle
بنو الحربِ في حومةِ الوقعَهْ
As javelins of gold, hurled back and forth
Ships of goodness cast about
By sons of war in the thick of battle.
The sons of war in the heat of battle
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.