لاحَappeared الهلالthe crescent والثُّرَيْand the Pleiades (continued next line)
لاحَ الهلال والثُّرَيْ
ياcompletion of 'the Pleiades' فوقهُabove it فيin مجسدِa saffron-dyed robe
يا فوقهُ في مجسدِ
The crescent appeared, and the Pleiades
The crescent moon appeared
above it in a saffron-dyed robe.
Above it in the sky
وللهلالِand the crescent has جُمّةٌa long tress
وللهلالِ جُمّةٌ
منof عَنْبرambergris منضَّدِlaid in layers
من عَنْبر منضَّدِ
And the crescent has a long tress
The crescent has a cluster
of ambergris, laid in layers,
Of ambergris incensed
مثلlike وشاحa sash لؤلؤpearls
مثل وشاح لؤلؤ
مفصَّلspaced apart مُبَدَّدِscattered
مفصَّل مُبَدَّدِ
like a sash of pearls,
Like a pearl necklace
spaced apart and scattered,
Threaded and scattered
علىon عروسa bride لبِستْshe donned
على عروس لبِستْ
لثامَa face veil خَزٍّsilk-and-wool cloth أسودِblack
لثامَ خَزٍّ أسودِ
on a bride who has donned
On a bride who wore
a face veil of black silk-and-wool cloth.
A black satin veil
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.