كَأَنّيas though I كُنتُI was فيin أَزمانِthe times of عادٍʿĀd
كَأَنّي كُنتُ في أَزمانِ عادٍ
أُعاشِرُI keep company with آلَthe clan of قَيلٍQayl أَوor مُرَيدِMurayd
أُعاشِرُ آلَ قَيلٍ أَو مُرَيدِ
It is as though I lived in the days of ʿĀd,
As though I lived in the days of old
Keeping company with the clan of Qayl or Murayd.
Consorting with Qail's folk or Muraid's
وَماand never عَفَتِspared الحَوادِثُcalamities عَنwith regard to شُجاعٍa brave man
وَما عَفَتِ الحَوادِثُ عَن شُجاعٍ
فَتَعفوso they should spare عَنwith regard to عُتَيبَةَʿUtaybah أَوor دُرَيدِDurayd
فَتَعفو عَن عُتَيبَةَ أَو دُرَيدِ
And calamities have spared no brave man,
Fortunes spare no brave warrior
That they should spare ʿUtaybah or Durayd.
Will they spare Utaybah or Duraid?
أُريدُI desire الآنَnow مَغفِرَةًforgiveness فَإِنّيfor indeed I
أُريدُ الآنَ مَغفِرَةً فَإِنّي
أُراقِبُI await حَتفَthe death of مُغفِرَةٍa she-ibex بِرَيدِon a crag
أُراقِبُ حَتفَ مُغفِرَةٍ بِرَيدِ
I desire forgiveness now, for I
Now I seek forgiveness, for I
Await the death of a she-ibex on a crag.
Await a forgiving spear's rapid thrust
وَإِنَّand indeed صَوارِدَpiercing shafts الأَيّامِthe days تَأتيcome
وَإِنَّ صَوارِدَ الأَيّامِ تَأتي
عَلىupon عِقبانِهاtheir eagles وَعَلىand upon الصُرَيدِthe little shrike
عَلى عِقبانِها وَعَلى الصُرَيدِ
And indeed the days’ piercing shafts strike down
And the vicissitudes of time will come
Their eagles and the little shrike alike.
In succession, both fast and slow
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.