كَأَنَّas though أَيديهاher forefeet بَواديin the valley of الرُمامal-Rumam
كَأَنَّ أَيديها بَوادي الرُمام
بَينَbetween حِفافَيthe two borders of جَندَلٍboulders أَوor أَرامcairns
بَينَ حِفافَي جَندَلٍ أَو أَرام
As though her forefeet in Wadi al-Rumam,
As if her hands were valleys of sand,
between two borders of boulders or cairns,
Between the edges of a brook or thicket,
أَنامِلُfingertips الوِلدانِthe boys يَفلينَthey delouse الهامthe heads
أَنامِلُ الوِلدانِ يَفلينَ الهام
were boys’ fingertips picking lice from heads.
The children's fingers unwind the yarn
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.