رُبَّmany a صغيرsmall الخلقin build ذيpossessed of دهاءcunning
رُبَّ صغير الخلق ذي دهاء
يَستنزلُbrings down الصَّيرthe birds (uncertain reading) منfrom السَّماءthe sky
يَستنزلُ الصَّير من السَّماء
Many a creature, small in frame yet full of cunning,
Many a small creature with cunning
Brings the birds down from the sky,
Can make the falcon descend from the sky
دانيnear المدىin reach لغايةto the utmost of الثَّنائيpraise (uncertain reading)
داني المدى لغاية الثَّنائي
كأنّهُas though it were ضربٌa kind منof القضاءِfate
كأنّهُ ضربٌ من القضاءِ
Within reach of the highest praise [reading uncertain],
Near in range to the extent of duality
As though it were a stroke of fate,
As if it were a decree of fate
إِذاwhen هوىit plunges منfrom خافقِthe quivering الهواءِair
إِذا هوى من خافقِ الهواءِ
سافٌsweeping low كمثلِjust like السَّيفِthe sword فيin المضاءِkeenness
سافٌ كمثلِ السَّيفِ في المضاءِ
When it plunges from the quivering air,
When it plummets from the beating air
Sweeping low, like a sword in its keenness.
A span like a sword in the striking
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.