لَعَمريby my life وَماand not عُمريmy life عَلَيَّto me بِهَيِّنٍof little worth
لَعَمري وَما عُمري عَلَيَّ بِهَيِّنٍ
لَبِئسَtruly wretched is مُناخُlodging-place الضَيفُthe guest وَالجارُand the neighbor عامِرُʿĀmir
لَبِئسَ مُناخُ الضَيفُ وَالجارُ عامِرُ
By my life—and my life is no small thing to me—
By my life! My life has not been easy upon me,
Truly, ʿĀmir is a wretched lodging for guest and neighbor.
How miserable is the abode of a guest and neighbor!
وَماand not عامِرٌʿĀmir مِنof دارِمٍDārim غَيرَexcept أَنَّهاthat it is
وَما عامِرٌ مِن دارِمٍ غَيرَ أَنَّها
قَشائِرُthin clouds أَعياhas faltered نَوؤُهاtheir rainstorm وَهوَwhile it is ثائِرُrising
قَشائِرُ أَعيا نَوؤُها وَهوَ ثائِرُ
And ʿĀmir, of Dārim, is nothing but
Yet no abode of mine thrives except that it is
Wisps of cloud whose storm falters even as it rises.
The dwellings of fated souls with raging hunger.
لَقَدindeed كانَthere were فيكُمamong you لَوif مَنَعتُمyou had defended قَليبَكُمyour well
لَقَد كانَ فيكُم لَو مَنَعتُم قَليبَكُم
لِحاًbeards وَرِقابٌand necks عَردَةٌstout وَمَناخِرُand nostrils
لِحاً وَرِقابٌ عَردَةٌ وَمَناخِرُ
Indeed, had you defended your well, there would have been among you
Had you but withheld your hearts that were
Beards, stout necks, and nostrils.
Barren wastes, rigid necks, and flaring nostrils!
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.