يُقيمُsets upright عَصاstaff الإِسلامُIslam مِنّاfrom among us اِبنُson of أَحوَزٍAhwaz
يُقيمُ عَصا الإِسلامُ مِنّا اِبنُ أَحوَزٍ
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle عَصاstaff الإِسلامِof Islam لانَتgrow soft كُعوبُهاits joints
إِذا ما عَصا الإِسلامِ لانَت كُعوبُها
Ibn Ahwaz, one of us, sets Islam’s staff upright,
The pillar of Islam among us is the son of Ahwaz
Whenever the joints of Islam’s staff grow soft.
When the pillar of Islam bends, its ankles give way
أَخوa brother to غَمَراتٍperils يَفرِجُdispels الشَكَّdoubt عَزمُهُhis resolve
أَخو غَمَراتٍ يَفرِجُ الشَكَّ عَزمُهُ
وَقَدand indeed يُنعِمُbestows النُعمىa favor وَلاand does not يَستَثيبُهاseek reward for it
وَقَد يُنعِمُ النُعمى وَلا يَستَثيبُها
A brother to perils, whose resolve dispels doubt,
The brother of Ghamarat, his determination alleviates doubt
And indeed he bestows a favor, seeking no reward for it.
He may bestow favors upon the blind without rewarding them
لَقَدindeed قادَhe led جُردَsleek الخَيلِhorses مِنfrom جَنبِthe side of واسِطٍWasit
لَقَد قادَ جُردَ الخَيلِ مِن جَنبِ واسِطٍ
يَثورُrises أَمامَbefore الرائِحينَthe evening travelers عَكوبُهاtheir dust
يَثورُ أَمامَ الرائِحينَ عَكوبُها
Indeed, he led sleek horses from beside Wasit,
He certainly led the horses without saddle from the side of Wasit
Their dust rising before the evening travelers,
Facing the two winds, their ankles raging
وَشَهباءَand a gray host فيهاwithin it لِلمَناياfor death مَناكِبٌshoulders
وَشَهباءَ فيها لِلمَنايا مَناكِبٌ
إِذاwhen أَقبَلَتit advances يَوماًone day وَدَبَّand creeps onward دَبيبُهاits slow march
إِذا أَقبَلَت يَوماً وَدَبَّ دَبيبُها
And a gray host in which Death has shoulders,
With gray hair in them for death are shoulders
When it advances one day and its slow march creeps onward.
When one day they advance and their creeping begins
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.