كَأَنَّas though الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades هَودَجٌa howdah فَوقَatop ناقَةٍa she-camel
كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا هَودَجٌ فَوقَ ناقَةٍ
يَحُثُّurges onward بِهاwith her حادٍa camel-driver إِلىtoward الغَربِthe west مُزعَجُharried
يَحُثُّ بِها حادٍ إِلى الغَربِ مُزعَجُ
As though the Pleiades were a howdah atop a she-camel,
Like a howdah on a she-camel is Pleiades,
urged toward the west by a harried camel-driver.
With it a guide urges a restless one westwards,
وَقَدand indeed لَمَعَتthey gleamed حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّas though بَريقَهاtheir radiance
وَقَد لَمَعَت حَتّى كَأَنَّ بَريقَها
قَواريرُglass vessels فيهاin them زِئبَقٌmercury يَتَرَجرَجُquivers
قَواريرُ فيها زِئبَقٌ يَتَرَجرَجُ
And they have gleamed so brightly that their radiance seems like
And it shone until it seemed that its brightness
glass vessels with mercury quivering within.
Were in it mercury flasks shaking to and fro.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.