أَلَمdid ... not? تَرَyou see جَنبيmy side عَنaway from فِراشيmy bed جَفاdrove away بِهِwith it
أَلَم تَرَ جَنبي عَن فِراشي جَفا بِهِ
طَوارِقُnight visitors مِنof هَمٍّsorrow مُسِرٍّsecretive دَخيلُهاtheir inward burden
طَوارِقُ مِن هَمٍّ مُسِرٍّ دَخيلُها
Have you not seen my side driven away from my bed
Have you not seen how insomnia kept me from my bed,
by nightly visitants of sorrow whose inward burden is secret?
As worries, though joyful, stole upon me?
وَكَمand how many عَرَضَتarose ليfor me حاجَةٌa need فَتَقَيتُهاso I warded it off
وَكَم عَرَضَت لي حاجَةٌ فَتَقَيتُها
بِكَفَّيَّwith my two hands بَعدَafter اليَومِtoday لاnot أَستَقيلُهاI seek release from it
بِكَفَّيَّ بَعدَ اليَومِ لا أَستَقيلُها
And many a need has arisen for me, and I have warded it off
And how often a need has confronted me, but I endured it
with my two hands; henceforth I seek no release from it.
With both my palms, after this day I shall not endure it.
إِذاwhen ضَمَّتِgathered in الناسَthe people المَنازِلُthe dwellings وَاِلتَقىand assembled
إِذا ضَمَّتِ الناسَ المَنازِلُ وَاِلتَقى
وَرائِيَbehind me طَوداthe two mountains of خِندِفٍKhindif وَفُحولُهاand her stallions
وَرائِيَ طَودا خِندِفٍ وَفُحولُها
When dwellings gather people in, and there assemble
When people are gathered in their homes,
behind me Khindif’s two mountains and her stallions.
Behind me are the remains of an old encampment.
أَلَسناare we not? بِأَربابٍlords لِقَومٍover a people وَأُمَّةٍand a nation
أَلَسنا بِأَربابٍ لِقَومٍ وَأُمَّةٍ
خَلائِفُهُمtheir caliphs مِنّاfrom us وَمِنّاand from us رَسولُهاits messenger
خَلائِفُهُم مِنّا وَمِنّا رَسولُها
Are we not lords over a people and a nation,
Are we not the lords of a people and a nation,
whose caliphs are from us, and whose messenger is from us?
Their successors, and from us came their messenger?
مُلوكٌkings تَرىyou see الأَقوامَthe peoples يَتَّبِعونَناthey follow us
مُلوكٌ تَرى الأَقوامَ يَتَّبِعونَنا
إِلَيناto us اِنتَهَتcame حاجاتُهاtheir needs وَرَجيلُهاand their footmen
إِلَينا اِنتَهَت حاجاتُها وَرَجيلُها
Kings—you see the peoples following us;
Kings whom people follow,
their needs and their men on foot come to us.
To us have come their needs and their envoys.
إِذاwhen ضاقَgrew too narrow عَنfor قَومٍa people مَكانٌa place رَأَيتَناyou see us
إِذا ضاقَ عَن قَومٍ مَكانٌ رَأَيتَنا
لَناours العَرضُthe breadth مِنof أَرضِthe earth السَماءِthe sky وَطولُهاand its length
لَنا العَرضُ مِن أَرضِ السَماءِ وَطولُها
When a place grows too narrow for a people, you see us:
When a land grows too small for a people, we are seen
ours are the breadth of the earth beneath the sky and its length.
Possessing the horizon from end to end.
نَهَزتَyou plunged بِدَلوٍwith a bucket يَملَأُfills الأَرضَthe earth نِصفُهاhalf of it
نَهَزتَ بِدَلوٍ يَملَأُ الأَرضَ نِصفُها
وَخَيرُand the best دِلاءِbuckets المُستَقينَthe water-drawers سَجيلُهاtheir capacious one
وَخَيرُ دِلاءِ المُستَقينَ سَجيلُها
You have plunged a bucket whose half fills the earth,
You scooped with a bucket that fills half the earth,
and the best of the water-drawers’ buckets is the capacious one,
Yet the best well-rope is one made of palm-fibre.
عَلىagainst نَبَطٍNabataeans مِنfrom أَهلِthe people of حَورانَHauran أَصبَحَتbecame
عَلى نَبَطٍ مِن أَهلِ حَورانَ أَصبَحَت
مُوَشَّمَةَtattooed الأَيديthe hands لَئيماًbase فُلولُهاtheir routed remnants
مُوَشَّمَةَ الأَيدي لَئيماً فُلولُها
against Nabataeans from the people of Hauran, who have become
Upon a Nabataean of the people of Hauran dawned
tattooed on their hands, their routed remnants base.
One marked of hand, a wretched remnant.
وَإِنّيand indeed I أَناI النَجمُthe star الَّذيwhich عُذِّبَتwere tormented بِهِby it
وَإِنّي أَنا النَجمُ الَّذي عُذِّبَت بِهِ
قُرىthe villages of أُمَّةٍa nation بادَتperished وَبادَand perished نَخيلُهاits palm trees
قُرى أُمَّةٍ بادَت وَبادَ نَخيلُها
And I am the star by which were tormented
And I am the star for which a people were tormented,
the villages of a nation that perished, and its palms perished.
Their dwellings vanished and their palms vanished.
وَكانَand was الطِرِمّاحُal-Tirimmah الأُحَيمَقُthe little fool إِذwhen عَوىhe howled
وَكانَ الطِرِمّاحُ الأُحَيمَقُ إِذ عَوى
كَبَكرِlike the young camel of ثَمودٍThamud حينَwhen حَلَّcame down فَصيلُهاtheir calf
كَبَكرِ ثَمودٍ حينَ حَلَّ فَصيلُها
And al-Tirimmah, that little fool, when he howled, was
The dim-witted pen-pusher went astray
like Thamud’s young camel when their calf came down.
Like the she-camel of Thamud when her foal was taken.
سَيَسمَعُwill hear مَنwhoever يَعويhowls إِلَيَّat me وَقَومُهُand his people
سَيَسمَعُ مَن يَعوي إِلَيَّ وَقَومُهُ
عَوائِرَscathing taunts مِنّيfrom me يَصدَعُsplits الصَخرَthe rock قيلُهاtheir utterance
عَوائِرَ مِنّي يَصدَعُ الصَخرَ قيلُها
He who howls at me, and his people, will hear
He who wails to me, he and his people
taunts from me whose utterance splits rock.
Will hear from me a call that splits rocks.
إِذاif قُتِلَis slain الطائِيُّthe Tayyite كانَتwere دِياتُهُhis blood-money payments
إِذا قُتِلَ الطائِيُّ كانَت دِياتُهُ
عَلىupon طَيِّئٍTayy يودىis paid for with blood-money التُيوسَthe billy goats قَتيلُهاits slain man
عَلى طَيِّئٍ يودى التُيوسَ قَتيلُها
If the Tayyite is slain, his blood-money is owed
When the straying one is killed, his blood-price
by Tayy; its slain man is paid for in billy goats.
Falls on Tayy, who must pay for his slain one.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.