كَأَنَّas though نِزاراًNizar وَالخُمولُand obscurity رِداؤُهُhis cloak
كَأَنَّ نِزاراً وَالخُمولُ رِداؤُهُ
غَداةَon the morning when بَغىhe assailed جَهلاًout of ignorance عَلَيَّagainst me وَأَجلَباand raised a clamor
غَداةَ بَغى جَهلاً عَلَيَّ وَأَجلَبا
It was as though Nizar, with obscurity for his cloak,
As if Nizar, clad in gloom, one dawn
on the morning he foolishly assailed me and raised a clamor,
Became, through ignorance, my foe and drew his sword,
مُشَبَّجَةٌa splay-legged wild cow مِنfrom among خُذَّلِthose straying from the herd العينِthe large-eyed wild cows واقَعَتconfronted
مُشَبَّجَةٌ مِن خُذَّلِ العينِ واقَعَت
عَلىat الماءِthe water مَفتولَsinewy الذِراعَينِin both forelegs أَغلَباa thick-necked lion
عَلى الماءِ مَفتولَ الذِراعَينِ أَغلَبا
were a splay-legged wild cow among the large-eyed stragglers, confronting
Then, with eyes streaming tears, she threw herself
at the water a thick-necked lion with sinewy forelegs.
Upon the water, arms outstretched, defeated.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.