أَناI مِنكَon your account لِلأَيّامِagainst the days عاتِبreproachful
أَنا مِنكَ لِلأَيّامِ عاتِب
وَلَهاand against them بِثَأرِكَto avenge you أَيُّwhat a طالِبseeker
وَلَها بِثَأرِكَ أَيُّ طالِب
On your account, I reproach the days,
I blame the days for you
And how fiercely I seek vengeance on them for you!
And demand your revenge from them
وَمُخاصِمٌand an adversary فَإِذاso when اِقتَضَيclaimed what was due (verb stem)
وَمُخاصِمٌ فَإِذا اِقتَضَي
ناwe (verb suffix) فَالقُضاةُthen the judges هِيَthey are العَواقِبthe outcomes
نا فَالقُضاةُ هِيَ العَواقِب
And I am their adversary; when we demand our due,
I quarrel, so when necessary
Then the judges are the outcomes.
Consequences are the judges
مُتَوَقِّعٌexpecting أَنَّthat اللَياthe nights (first part)
مُتَوَقِّعٌ أَنَّ اللَيا
ليcompletion of the nights واmothers (first part) لِداتٌcompletion of mothers لِلعَجائِبof wonders
لي وا لِداتٌ لِلعَجائِب
I expect that the nights
Expecting that the nights give birth
Are mothers of wonders.
To wonders
وَاللَهِby God لاnot نادَمتُI kept drinking company بَعafter (first part)
وَاللَهِ لا نادَمتُ بَع
دَكَyou (completes after you) ياO هِلالُHilal سِوىexcept الكَواكِبthe stars
دَكَ يا هِلالُ سِوى الكَواكِب
By God, I shall have no drinking companions
By God, after you I regret nothing,
After you, O Hilal, except the stars.
O crescent, but the stars
وَلَأَبكِيَنكَand I shall surely weep for you بِالسَحاwith the clouds (first part)
وَلَأَبكِيَنكَ بِالسَحا
ئِبِcompletion of the clouds فَوقَbeyond ماwhat بَكَتِwept السَحائِبthe clouds
ئِبِ فَوقَ ما بَكَتِ السَحائِب
And I shall surely weep for you with clouds,
And I will weep for you with wolves
More than the clouds themselves have wept.
Above what the clouds have wept
لاlet not يُذكِرَنكِremind you (feminine) ياO سَواpouring ones, tears or clouds (first part)
لا يُذكِرَنكِ يا سَوا
كِبُcompletion of pouring ones جودَهُhis bounty إِلّاexcept السَواكِبthe pouring ones, clouds or tears
كِبُ جودَهُ إِلّا السَواكِب
Let nothing remind you, O flowing tears,
No generous ones will mention you
Of his bounty except the pouring clouds.
O stars, but the generous ones
فُلَّتwere blunted مَضارِبُthe sword-edges بَأسِهِhis valor
فُلَّت مَضارِبُ بَأسِهِ
مِنfrom بَعدِafter تَغليلِdriving deep المَضارِبthe sword-edges
مِن بَعدِ تَغليلِ المَضارِب
The sword-edges of his valor were blunted,
His assault tents have folded
After those blades had been driven deep.
After misleading the assault tents
حَفِظَhe mastered التَجارِبَexperience وَالمَصاand calamities (first part)
حَفِظَ التَجارِبَ وَالمَصا
ئِبُcompletion of calamities لاnot تَجيئُcome عَلىaccording to التَجارِبexperience
ئِبُ لا تَجيئُ عَلى التَجارِب
He mastered experience, yet calamities
Experiences are kept and calamities
Do not come as experience would predict.
Do not come upon experiences
وَلَهاand they have ضَرائِبُtargets ثُمَّthen; yet كَمhow often
وَلَها ضَرائِبُ ثُمَّ كَم
طَرَقَتstruck عَلىupon غَيرِother than الضَرائِبthe targets
طَرَقَت عَلى غَيرِ الضَرائِب
And they have their targets; yet how often
And it has taxes, then how
Have they struck those who were not their targets!
It knocked on other than taxes
وَالمَرءُand man مَغلوبٌoverpowered عَلىin
وَالمَرءُ مَغلوبٌ عَلى
تَدبيرِهِhis planning وَاللَهُand God غالِبprevails
تَدبيرِهِ وَاللَهُ غالِب
And man is overpowered in
And man is overcome
His planning, and God prevails.
On his scheme, and God is victorious
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.