يطويit traverses الفدافدthe barren plains لاnot يرامcan be reached غبارهُits dust
يطوي الفدافد لا يرام غبارهُ
سهمٌan arrow إلىtoward كبدِthe heart of الفلاةِthe wilderness مفوّقُnocked
سهمٌ إلى كبدِ الفلاةِ مفوّقُ
It traverses the barren plains; its dust cannot be reached,
The dust stirs yet its plume cannot be grasped
An arrow nocked toward the heart of the wilderness.
An arrow aimed at the wasteland’s core aloft
كالشمسlike the sun أفُقthe horizon of الغربthe west ودّعهاbade it farewell ولَمْand had not
كالشمس أفُق الغرب ودّعها ولَمْ
يمضpassed الدجىthe darkness حتىuntil حواهاenfolded it المشرقُthe East
يمض الدجى حتى حواها المشرقُ
Like the sun: the western horizon bade it farewell, and not yet
Like the sun whose westward rim bids its farewell
had the darkness passed when the East enfolded it.
Before the gloom passes, the east will engulf
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.