لِمَنbelonging to whom طَللٌcampsite ruins بِذيat Dhū خِيَمٍKhiyam قَديمُancient
لِمَن طَللٌ بِذي خِيَمٍ قَديمُ
يَلوحُgleams كَأَنَّas though باقِيَهُits remnants وُشومُtattoos
يَلوحُ كَأَنَّ باقِيَهُ وُشومُ
Whose ancient campsite ruins are these at Dhū Khiyam?
For whom is a ruined abode in an ancient encampment
They gleam as though their remnants were tattoos.
Appearing as if the rest of it is tattoos
كَأَغلَبَlike a thick-necked lion مِنamong أُسودِthe lions of كَراءَKarāʾ وَردٍtawny
كَأَغلَبَ مِن أُسودِ كَراءَ وَردٍ
يَشُدُّtugs خِشاشَهُits nose-peg الرَجُلُthe man الظَلومُthe cruel one
يَشُدُّ خِشاشَهُ الرَجُلُ الظَلومُ
Like a thick-necked, tawny lion among the lions of Karāʾ,
As if overcome by the lions of a meadow of roses
at whose nose-peg the cruel man tugs.
A grim man leads away its fleeing prey
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.