مَجرةthe Milky Way كَالماءlike water إِذاwhen تَرَقرَقاit rippled
مَجرة كَالماء إِذا تَرَقرَقا
شَقَتtore بِهاwith it الظَلماءthe darkness بَرداa mantle أَزرَقاblue
شَقَت بِها الظَلماء بَردا أَزرَقا
The Milky Way, like water when it ripples;
The galaxy like water when it trickles
With it, darkness tore a blue mantle—
Split the darkness with blueness cold
لِباسgarb ثَكلىa bereaved mother وَشبهاand resembling المشققاthe torn one
لِباس ثَكلى وَشبها المشققا
A bereaved mother's garb, resembling a torn garment.
The dress of bereavement and its resemblance cracked
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.