أَمسىhe became الثَمانيَeight وَالعشرينَand twenty ثُمَthen مَضىhe passed on
أَمسى الثَمانيَ وَالعشرينَ ثُمَ مَضى
وَهَكَذاand thus عادةُthe way of الأَقمارthe moons فيin الدُجَنِthe darkness
وَهَكَذا عادةُ الأَقمار في الدُجَنِ
He reached twenty-eight, then passed on.
The twenty-eight waned, then passed away
And such is the way of moons amid the darkness.
Thus ever the course of moons in their mansions.
غَريبُa stranger دارٍa dwelling مِنfrom الأسكندريةِAlexandria قَدindeed
غَريبُ دارٍ مِن الأسكندريةِ قَد
وَلَّىhe departed إِلىto دارِthe abode of عَرشٍa throne طابَwas content فيin السَكَنِthe dwelling
وَلَّى إِلى دارِ عَرشٍ طابَ في السَكَنِ
A stranger far from home, from Alexandria, has
A stranger I was in the land Alexandria,
Departed to a throne's abode, content in his dwelling.
But I turned me again to a home wellknown.
فاُتْلُso recite المَراحِمَprayers for mercy مَعwith مَنthose who أَرَّخوهُrecorded his date وَقُلand say
فاُتْلُ المَراحِمَ مَع مَن أَرَّخوهُ وَقُل
اليَومَtoday عادَreturned غَريبُthe stranger of الدَّارthe home لِلوَطنِto the homeland
اليَومَ عادَ غَريبُ الدَّار لِلوَطنِ
So recite prayers for mercy with those who dated his passing, and say:
Say then, "God's mercy on him who ensconced him!
Today the stranger far from home has returned to his homeland.
To-day has the wanderer back to his birthplace gone."
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.