إِلَيكَto you أَباO father of الأَشبالِthe lion cubs سارَتjourneyed مَطِيَّتيmy mount
إِلَيكَ أَبا الأَشبالِ سارَت مَطِيَّتي
تُباريkeeps pace with حَراجيجاًgaunt she-camels تَبورُbecome useless ضُفورُهاtheir braided girths
تُباري حَراجيجاً تَبورُ ضُفورُها
To you, Abu al-Ashbal, my mount journeyed,
To you, O father of cubs, my mare hastened,
keeping pace with gaunt she-camels whose braided girths no longer serve.
Racing against the howdahs, her saddlebags fluttering.
تَلاقَتhave met عُراهاher girth-loops فَوقَabove لازِقَةِpressed flat الذُرىthe hump-crests
تَلاقَت عُراها فَوقَ لازِقَةِ الذُرى
إِلَيكَtoward you لَهاfor her رَوحاتُهاher afternoon journeys وَبُكورُهاand her dawn departures
إِلَيكَ لَها رَوحاتُها وَبُكورُها
Her girth-loops have met above her flattened hump-crests;
Her forelocks met above the smooth earth,
toward you are her afternoon journeys and her dawn departures.
To you her galloping and early rising.
تُقاتِلُfight بِالأَفواهِwith their mouths عَنهاin her defense رِكابُناour riding camels
تُقاتِلُ بِالأَفواهِ عَنها رِكابُنا
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle خَلَتlay bare لِلواقِعاتِto those that alight ظُهورُهاtheir backs
إِذا ما خَلَت لِلواقِعاتِ ظُهورُها
Our riding camels fight with their mouths in her defense
Our mounts defend her with their mouths
when their backs lie bare to those that alight.
Whenever her flanks are exposed in the fray.
تَرىyou see كُلَّevery حَرجوجٍgaunt she-camel تَخِرُّfall away نِعالُهاher sandals
تَرى كُلَّ حَرجوجٍ تَخِرُّ نِعالُها
إِذاwhen خَلفَbehind كورِthe frame of الرَحلِthe riding saddle أُردِفَwas made to follow كورُهاher saddle-frame
إِذا خَلفَ كورِ الرَحلِ أُردِفَ كورُها
You see each gaunt she-camel's sandals fall away
You see every distinguished mare lower her shoes
when her saddle-frame is made to follow behind another saddle.
When the string of her saddlebag follows the saddlebags.
إِلىto أَسَدٍa lion سارَتjourneyed بِرَحليwith my saddle وَخاطَرَتand braved
إِلى أَسَدٍ سارَت بِرَحلي وَخاطَرَت
عَوادِيَfierce attackers مِنamong غُلبٍthick-necked lions يَكادُalmost زَئيرُهاtheir roaring
عَوادِيَ مِن غُلبٍ يَكادُ زَئيرُها
To a lion she journeyed with my saddle, and braved
To a lion my mare went with my saddle, risking
fierce, thick-necked lions, whose roaring nearly
Pastures where his roar almost deafens.
تَصَدَّعُsplits apart مِنهُfrom it الأَرضُthe earth وَهيَwhile it is صَحيحَةٌwhole
تَصَدَّعُ مِنهُ الأَرضُ وَهيَ صَحيحَةٌ
إِذاwhen سَمِعَتهُit hears it أَوor تَقَلَّعَare torn loose قورُهاits rocky hills
إِذا سَمِعَتهُ أَو تَقَلَّعَ قورُها
splits the earth, though it is whole,
The earth shakes under him though intact
when it hears it—or tears its rocky hills loose.
When it hears him or his den is flashed open.
وَكُنتُand I used to إِذاwhenever جاءَcame البَريدُthe courier سَأَلتُهُI questioned him
وَكُنتُ إِذا جاءَ البَريدُ سَأَلتُهُ
عَلىin دَهَشٍalarm وَالنَفسُand the soul يَخشىfears ضَميرُهاits innermost heart
عَلى دَهَشٍ وَالنَفسُ يَخشى ضَميرُها
And whenever the courier came, I would question him
And I used to ask the postman, anxiously,
in alarm, while my soul inwardly feared
My soul dreading its conscience,
حَوادِثَcalamities أَخشىI fear أَنthat يَمَسَّكَtouch you بَعضُهاsome of them
حَوادِثَ أَخشى أَن يَمَسَّكَ بَعضُها
إِذاwhen التِركُthe Turks لاقىmet المُسلِمينَthe Muslims مُغيرُهاtheir raiding force
إِذا التِركُ لاقى المُسلِمينَ مُغيرُها
calamities, some of which I feared might befall you,
About events I feared might touch you
when the Turks' raiding force met the Muslims.
If the Turks met the Muslims with their raiding parties.
وَأَنتَand you اِمرُؤٌa man فيamong الناسِthe people ماnot مِنany (emphatic) قَبيلَةٍa tribe
وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ في الناسِ ما مِن قَبيلَةٍ
تُحالِفُهاyou ally with it إِلّاexcept that يَعِزُّgrows mighty نَصيرُهاits champion
تُحالِفُها إِلّا يَعِزُّ نَصيرُها
And you are a man among men: there is no tribe
You are a man in people with no tribe
you ally with whose champion does not grow mighty.
That allies with them but values its supporter.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.