تعرفdo you know ليfor me أحسنbetter منthan بغلهٍa she-mule
تعرف لي أحسن من بغلهٍ
جددتI renewed فيin البرthe countryside بهاthrough her عهديmy acquaintance
جددت في البر بها عهدي
Do you know anything better for me than a she-mule?
You know best my camel
Through her I renewed my acquaintance with the countryside.
With whom I renewed my pact in the desert
تنسابshe glides كالماءlike water علىupon حافرٍa hoof
تنساب كالماء على حافرٍ
كأنهas though it منof حجرٍstone صلدِhard
كأنه من حجرٍ صلدِ
She glides like water upon a hoof
Flowing like water on a solid hoof
As though it were made of hard stone.
As if it were made of solid rock
نابتshe stood in عنfor الأشهبal-Ashhab (the grey one) لماwhen مضىhe departed
نابت عن الأشهب لما مضى
نيابةthe substitution of الكلبthe dog عنfor الفهدthe cheetah
نيابة الكلب عن الفهد
She stood in for al-Ashhab when he departed,
Turning away from the gray one when he passed
As a dog stands in for a cheetah.
Taking the place of a dog instead of a lion
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.