لَوif كانَhad سَعدٌSaʿd يَومَon the day of مَكَّةَMecca خافَكُمfeared you
لَو كانَ سَعدٌ يَومَ مَكَّةَ خافَكُم
لَأَكثَرَhe would have increased فيكُمamong you قَبلَbefore أَنthat يُؤسَرَbe taken captive القَتلاthe slaughter
لَأَكثَرَ فيكُم قَبلَ أَن يُؤسَرَ القَتلا
Had Saʿd feared you on the day of Mecca,
Had Sa'd feared you on the day of Mecca
He would have wrought much slaughter among you before being taken captive,
He would have caused more deaths amongst you before imprisonment could be faced
بِعَضبٍwith a sharp sword حُسامٍcleaving أَوor بِصَفراءَwith a yellow bow نَبعَةٍof nabʿ wood
بِعَضبٍ حُسامٍ أَو بِصَفراءَ نَبعَةٍ
تَحِنُّit moans إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle أُنبِضَتit is twanged تَحفِزُit propels النَبلاthe arrows
تَحِنُّ إِذا ما أُنبِضَت تَحفِزُ النَبلا
With a keen, cleaving sword or a yellow bow of nabʿ wood,
With a sharp raging sword or a well-honed spearhead
That moans when twanged, driving the arrows forth.
That yearns when unsheathed to set arrows flying
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.