عَرَفتُI recognized لِلَيلىbelonging to Laylā بَينَbetween وَقطٍWaqṭ فَضَلفَعِand Ḍalfaʿ
عَرَفتُ لِلَيلى بَينَ وَقطٍ فَضَلفَعِ
مَنازِلَdwellings أَقوَتlay deserted مِنof مَصيفٍa summer camp وَمَربَعِand a spring camp
مَنازِلَ أَقوَت مِن مَصيفٍ وَمَربَعِ
Between Waqṭ and Ḍalfaʿ I recognized Laylā's
I knew Layla between the remains of an abandoned camp,
dwellings—deserted summer and spring camps.
In dwellings stronger than summer resort or square building.
إِلىto المُنحَنىthe bend مِنfrom واسِطٍWāsiṭ لَمnot يَبِنbe visible لَناto us
إِلى المُنحَنى مِن واسِطٍ لَم يَبِن لَنا
بِهاin them غَيرُother than أَعوادِstalks الثُمامِthumām grass المُنَزَّعِuprooted
بِها غَيرُ أَعوادِ الثُمامِ المُنَزَّعِ
From Wāsiṭ to the bend, nothing was visible to us
Towards the bent road from Wasit, nothing was apparent to us
there but stalks of uprooted thumām grass,
Except the ribs of the plucked ostrich.
وَسُفعٍand blackened hearthstones صُلينَwere scorched by النارَthe fire حَولاًfor a year كَأَنَّماas though
وَسُفعٍ صُلينَ النارَ حَولاً كَأَنَّما
طُلينَwere coated بِقارٍwith pitch أَوor بِزفتٍwith tar مُلَمَّعِgleaming
طُلينَ بِقارٍ أَو بِزفتٍ مُلَمَّعِ
and blackened hearthstones, fire-scorched for a year, as though
And smooth ground where fire was kindled around, as though
they had been coated with pitch or gleaming tar;
Coated with tar or polished bitumen.
وَعِجلِand waterskins نَضِيٍّworn thin بَالمَثانيat the folds كَأَنَّهاas though they were
وَعِجلِ نَضِيٍّ بَالمَثاني كَأَنَّها
ثَعالِبُfoxes مَوتىdead جِلدُهاtheir skins لَمnot يُنزَّعِbe stripped off
ثَعالِبُ مَوتى جِلدُها لَم يُنزَّعِ
and waterskins, worn thin at the folds, as though they were
And a young, brisk she-camel with swollen udder that looks as if
dead foxes whose skins had not been stripped away.
It were the paws of a dead beast whose skin was not peeled off.
أَبىrefused القَلبُthe heart إِلّاexcept حُبَّهاlove for her حارِثِيَّةًa Ḥārithī woman
أَبى القَلبُ إِلّا حُبَّها حارِثِيَّةً
تُجاوِرُlives beside أَعدائيmy enemies وَأَعداؤُهاand her enemies مَعيwith me
تُجاوِرُ أَعدائي وَأَعداؤُها مَعي
The heart would have nothing but love for her, a Ḥārithī woman,
My heart insisted on loving her, though she is a Harithi woman
who lives beside my enemies, while her enemies are with me.
Neighboring my enemies while her enemies are with me.
كَماas اِنكَشَفَتappeared بَلقاءُa piebald female تَحميguards فُلُوَّهاher foal
كَما اِنكَشَفَت بَلقاءُ تَحمي فُلُوَّها
شَميطُwhite-flecked الذُنابىthe tail ذاتُhaving لَونٍcoloring مولَّعِmottled
شَميطُ الذُنابى ذاتُ لَونٍ مولَّعِ
As a piebald one appeared, guarding her foal,
Just as the hyena of Balqaa showed its canine,
white-flecked at the tail, with mottled coloring.
A foul looking striped hyena with dyed fur.
شَميطُwhite-flecked الذُنابىthe tail جُوِّفَتwas clad وَهيَwhile she was جَونَةٌdark
شَميطُ الذُنابى جُوِّفَت وَهيَ جَونَةٌ
بُنقَبَةِin a skirt ديباجٍbrocade وَرَيطٍand fine cloth مُقَطَّعِpatterned
بُنقَبَةِ ديباجٍ وَرَيطٍ مُقَطَّعِ
White-flecked at the tail, she was clad, though dark,
The foul striped hyena has hollow flanks yet is corpulent
in a skirt of brocade and patterned fine cloth.
With a silky robe and shredded raiment.
أَبَتrefused إِبِليmy camels ماءَthe water الحِياضِof the troughs وَآلَفَتand took to
أَبَت إِبِلي ماءَ الحِياضِ وَآلَفَت
تَفاطيرَfresh shoots وَسمِيٍّautumn rain وَأَحناءَand the bends مَكرَعِa watering place
تَفاطيرَ وَسمِيٍّ وَأَحناءَ مَكرَعِ
My camels refused the water of the troughs and took to
My camels refused the water of ponds and befriended
the fresh shoots of autumn rain and the bends of a watering place.
The percolated drink of Sami and twisted hillocks.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.