عُصَيمَةُʿUṣaymah أَجزيهِI repay him بِماfor what قَدَّمَتhave put forward لَهُfor him
عُصَيمَةُ أَجزيهِ بِما قَدَّمَت لَهُ
يَداهُhis two hands وَإِلّاand if not أَجزِهِI repay him السَعيَthe effort أَكفُرِI am ungrateful
يَداهُ وَإِلّا أَجزِهِ السَعيَ أَكفُرِ
ʿUṣaymah—I repay him for what he has earned
I will reward Usaymah for what her hands have offered me,
with his own hands; if I do not repay his effort, I am ungrateful.
Or else I'll reward her effort as generously as I can.
تَدارَكَنيhe came to my rescue وَقَدand already بَرِمتُI had grown weary بِحيلَتيof my own devices
تَدارَكَني وَقَد بَرِمتُ بِحيلَتي
بِحَبلِwith the rope of اِمرِئٍa man إِنif يورِدِhe leads to water الجارَthe neighbor يُصدِرِhe brings back from water
بِحَبلِ اِمرِئٍ إِن يورِدِ الجارَ يُصدِرِ
He came to my rescue when I had grown weary of my own devices,
She rescued me when my own scheming had left me stranded,
with the rope of a man who, if he leads a neighbor to water, brings him back.
With the rope of a man, who, when a neighbor sought passage, made way.
أُفَدّيI offer as ransom بِأُمِّيَwith my mother الحَصانِchaste وَقَدand already بَدَتhad appeared
أُفَدّي بِأُمِّيَ الحَصانِ وَقَد بَدَت
مِنَfrom الوَتِداتal-Watidāt ليto me حِبالُropes of مُعَبِّرِa ferryman
مِنَ الوَتِدات لي حِبالُ مُعَبِّرِ
I would ransom him with my chaste mother; already there had appeared
To free myself I would give up my dear steed, though she showed
to me, from al-Watidāt, the ropes of a ferryman.
In taut ropes on her flank, signs of one who could yet gallop and race.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.