لاno غَروَwonder أَنthat أَصبَحَhas become المُؤَيَّدُal-Muʾayyad بَيـbeginning of 'among'
لا غَروَ أَن أَصبَحَ المُؤَيَّدُ بَيـ
ـنَend of 'among' الناسِthe people صَبّاًlovelorn مُوَلَّهاًbesotted بِعُمَرwith ʿUmar
ـنَ الناسِ صَبّاً مُوَلَّهاً بِعُمَر
No wonder al-Muʾayyad has become, among
It is no wonder that Al-Mu'ayyad has become
the people, lovelorn and besotted with ʿUmar.
Among the people morning rain poured generously by Omar
سلمانُSalmān بَيتِhousehold العَميدِal-ʿAmīd يَعذُرُexcuses فيin الـthe
سلمانُ بَيتِ العَميدِ يَعذُرُ في الـ
ـسوءِill-treatment وَإِنand if أَحسَنواthey act kindly إِلَيهِto him شَكَرhe gives thanks
ـسوءِ وَإِن أَحسَنوا إِلَيهِ شَكَر
Salmān of al-ʿAmīd’s household excuses
Salman of the Emir's house excuses their evil
ill-treatment, and if they treat him well, he gives thanks.
And if they are good to him, he is thankful
مَآرِبُpurposes الكُلِّeveryone فيهِin him فَهوَso he is عَصاstaff
مَآرِبُ الكُلِّ فيهِ فَهوَ عَصا
موسىMoses لِكُلٍّfor each مِنهُمof them إِلَيهِto him وَطَرa need
موسى لِكُلٍّ مِنهُم إِلَيهِ وَطَر
Everyone has uses for him: he is the staff
The concerns of all are focused on him, so he is
of Moses; each of them has a need for him.
Moses’ staff for each of them, their only recourse
مَآرِبُpurposes الكُلِّeveryone فيهِin him تُبصِرُهُمyou see them
مَآرِبُ الكُلِّ فيهِ تُبصِرُهُم
إِلىtoward لقاهُmeeting him فيin حُرقَةٍburning anguish وَضَجَرand impatience
إِلى لقاهُ في حُرقَةٍ وَضَجَر
Everyone has uses for him; you see them
The concerns of all let them see
burning and impatient to meet him.
Meeting him in burning anguish and frustration
يُصبِحُis in the morning تَحتَbeneath الرِجالِthe men مُفتَرشاًspread out
يُصبِحُ تَحتَ الرِجالِ مُفتَرشاً
أُنثىa female وَيُمسيand is by evening فَوقَabove النِساءِthe women ذَكَرa male
أُنثى وَيُمسي فَوقَ النِساءِ ذَكَر
In the morning he lies spread beneath men,
He awakes under men as a
a female; by evening he is above women, a male.
Woman, and sleeps above women as a man
كَمhow often حَمَّلوهُthey made him bear مِنof ثِقَلِweight عِبئِهِمُtheir burden
كَم حَمَّلوهُ مِن ثِقَلِ عِبئِهِمُ
رَزِيَّةًa calamity مُشمخرَّةًtowering فَصَبَرso he endured
رَزِيَّةً مُشمخرَّةً فَصَبَر
How often they made him bear their burden’s weight—
How many burdens they loaded on him
a towering calamity—yet he endured.
As provender - so he was patient
وَهوَand he is فَتيقُsplit open العِجانِthe perineum مُنخَرِقُtorn open المُبـbeginning of 'the anus'
وَهوَ فَتيقُ العِجانِ مُنخَرِقُ المُبـ
ـعرِend of 'anus' ماno فيهِin him لِلمَنيِfor semen مَقَرa resting place
ـعرِ ما فيهِ لِلمَنيِ مَقَر
And his perineum is split, his anus torn
He is pliant of limb, perforated of nose
open: there is no place in him for semen to lodge.
In him there is no place for incontinence
وَهوَand he مَتىwhenever عَلَّهُgive him a second draught رِجالهُمُtheir men
وَهوَ مَتى عَلَّهُ رِجالهُمُ
أَنهَلَtake a first draught مِنهُfrom him نِساؤُهُمtheir women وَصَدَرand he departs
أَنهَلَ مِنهُ نِساؤُهُم وَصَدَر
And whenever their men give him a second draught,
And when his men weaken him
their women take a first draught from him, and he departs.
Their women draw from him and are sated
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.