رأىhe saw المعرةَal-Maʿarra عيناًan eye زانَهاadorned it حَوَرٌdark irises contrasting with bright whites
رأى المعرةَ عيناً زانَها حَوَرٌ
لكنَّbut حاجبَهاits eyebrow; its chamberlain بالجوْرِwith injustice مقرونُcoupled
لكنَّ حاجبَها بالجوْرِ مقرونُ
He saw al-Maʿarra as an eye graced with dark-eyed beauty;
The eye saw the beautiful one adorned with fair maidens
But its brow—its chamberlain—is coupled with injustice.
But her eyebrows were knit with wrath
ماذاwhat الذيthat يصنعُdoes الطاعونُthe plague فيin بلدٍa land
ماذا الذي يصنعُ الطاعونُ في بلدٍ
فيin كلِّevery يومٍday لهُit has بالظلمِthrough oppression طاعونُa plague
في كلِّ يومٍ لهُ بالظلمِ طاعونُ
What can the plague do in a land
What good can the plague do in a town
That has a plague of oppression every day?
Where every day it is plagued with injustice
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.