بَنَيتَyou built بِناءًa structure يُجرِضُchokes الغَيظُrage دونَهُbefore it
بَنَيتَ بِناءً يُجرِضُ الغَيظُ دونَهُ
عَدُوَّكَyour enemy وَالأَبصارُand the eyes فيهِat it تَقَطَّعُstrain to breaking
عَدُوَّكَ وَالأَبصارُ فيهِ تَقَطَّعُ
You have built a structure before which rage chokes
You built a tower, anger foams beneath it,
your enemy, and eyes strain to breaking as they gaze upon it.
Your enemy's eyes burst from gazing upon it.
وَإِنَّكَand indeed you فيin الأُخرىthe other sphere إِذاwhen الحَربُwar شَمَّرَتgirded herself
وَإِنَّكَ في الأُخرى إِذا الحَربُ شَمَّرَت
لَكَالسَيفِsurely like a sword ماwhatever يُنخىis summoned لَهُagainst it السَيفُthe sword يُقطَعُis cut down
لَكَالسَيفِ ما يُنخى لَهُ السَيفُ يُقطَعُ
And you, in the other sphere, when war girds herself,
And in battle, when war shakes out its forelock,
are surely like a sword: whatever the sword is summoned against is cut down.
You are a sword such as swords themselves are shattered against.
جَدَعتَyou cut off عَرانينَnoses المَزونِMazun فَلاso not أَرىI see
جَدَعتَ عَرانينَ المَزونِ فَلا أَرى
أَذَلُّmore abased وَأَخزىand more disgraced مُنهُمُthan them يَومَon the day جُدِّعواthey were mutilated
أَذَلُّ وَأَخزى مُنهُمُ يَومَ جُدِّعوا
You cut off the noses of Mazun, so I see none
You cut off the limbs of the heavily armed,
more abased and disgraced than they on the day they were mutilated.
No one was more abject or despised when their arms were lopped.
وَحَمَّلتَand you loaded أَعجازَthe rumps of البِغالِthe mules فَأَصبَحَتso they became
وَحَمَّلتَ أَعجازَ البِغالِ فَأَصبَحَت
مُحَذَّفَةًcropped فيin كُلِّevery بَيداءَdesert waste تَلمَعُgleam
مُحَذَّفَةً في كُلِّ بَيداءَ تَلمَعُ
And you loaded the mules' rumps with what now lies
You loaded the backs of mules till they shone
cropped and gleaming in every desert waste:
Like beacons, abandoned in every barren land.
جَماجِمَskulls أَشياخٍelders كَأَنَّas though لِحاهُمُtheir beards
جَماجِمَ أَشياخٍ كَأَنَّ لِحاهُمُ
ثَعالِبُfoxes مَوتىdead أَوor نَعامٍostriches مُنَزَّعُplucked
ثَعالِبُ مَوتى أَو نَعامٍ مُنَزَّعُ
elders' skulls, their beards like
The skulls of elders, their beards like
dead foxes or plucked ostriches.
Thirsty dead, or ostriches plucked bare.
وَنَجّىand saved أَباAbu (father of) المِنهالِal-Minhal ثانٍa second one كَأَنَّهُas though it were
وَنَجّى أَبا المِنهالِ ثانٍ كَأَنَّهُ
يَداthe two hands of سابِحٍa swimmer فيin غَمرَةٍdeep water يَتَذَرَّعُstretching out his arms
يَدا سابِحٍ في غَمرَةٍ يَتَذَرَّعُ
And another mount saved Abu al-Minhal, as though it were
And you saved Abu Minal, as if he were
the two hands of a swimmer striking out through deep water.
A swimmer's hand in a deep, stormy sea.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.