إِذاwhenever قُلتُI said أَنّيthat I am آيِبٌreturning أَهلَthe people of بَلدَةٍa town
إِذا قُلتُ أَنّي آيِبٌ أَهلَ بَلدَةٍ
وَضَعتُI laid aside بِهاin it عَنهُoff him الوَلِيَّةَthe saddle-cloth بِالهَجرِin the noonday heat
وَضَعتُ بِها عَنهُ الوَلِيَّةَ بِالهَجرِ
Whenever I say I am returning to the people of a town,
When I say I yearn for the people of a place
there I remove his saddle-cloth in the noonday heat.
Where I put aside power through estrangement
تَرىyou see بَينَbetween مَجرىthe sweep of مِرفَقَيهِhis two elbows وَثيلِهِand his penile sheath
تَرى بَينَ مَجرى مِرفَقَيهِ وَثيلِهِ
هَواءًan empty space كَفَيفاةٍlike a desert plain بَداdeparted into the desert أَهلُهاits people قَفرِbarren
هَواءً كَفَيفاةٍ بَدا أَهلُها قَفرِ
You see between the sweep of his elbows and his penile sheath
You see between the course of its elbows and flanks
an empty space like a barren plain whose people have departed.
An air like a whirlwind, its people seem deserted
إِذاwhen صَرَّcreaked يَوماًone day ماضِغاهُhis two jaw muscles بِجِرَّةٍwith cud
إِذا صَرَّ يَوماً ماضِغاهُ بِجِرَّةٍ
نَزَتsprang up هامَةٌa head فَوقَabove اللَهازِمِthe jaw hinges كَالقَبرِlike a grave
نَزَت هامَةٌ فَوقَ اللَهازِمِ كَالقَبرِ
When, one day, his two jaw muscles creak over cud,
When one day it chewed with Molars
a head like a grave-mound springs up above the jaw hinges.
A cloud descended over the summits like a grave
وَإِنand if عَبَّhe gulped فيin ماءٍwater سَمِعتَyou heard لِجَرعِهِfrom his gulping
وَإِن عَبَّ في ماءٍ سَمِعتَ لِجَرعِهِ
خَواةًa hollow gurgle كَتَثليمِlike the breaching of الجَداوِلِthe irrigation channels فيin الدَبرِthe fields
خَواةً كَتَثليمِ الجَداوِلِ في الدَبرِ
And if he gulps water, you hear from his gulping
And if it roared in water, you’d hear its gulp
a hollow gurgle, like irrigation channels being breached in the fields.
Like the trickling of streams at nightfall
وَإِنand if خافَhe feared مِنfrom وَقعِthe stroke of المُحَرِّمِthe stiff whip يَنتَحيhe bears down
وَإِن خافَ مِن وَقعِ المُحَرِّمِ يَنتَحي
عَلىon عَضُدٍan upper foreleg رَيّاfleshy كَسارِيَةِlike a column of القَصرِthe palace
عَلى عَضُدٍ رَيّا كَسارِيَةِ القَصرِ
And if he fears the stiff whip's stroke, he bears down
And if it feared the forbidden's impact, it sidled
on a fleshy upper foreleg like a palace column.
On adelicate arm like a palace column
تَلَتهُit followed it فَلَمand did not تُبطِئslow بِهِwith him مِنfrom وَرائِهِbehind it
تَلَتهُ فَلَم تُبطِئ بِهِ مِن وَرائِهِ
مُعَقرَبَةٌcurved at the hock رَوحاءُwide-set رَيِّثَةُslow to tire الفَترِline_13
مُعَقرَبَةٌ رَوحاءُ رَيِّثَةُ الفَترِ
It is followed from behind, without slowing him,
I followed it but no trained she-camel behind it
by a curved-hocked, wide-set hind leg, slow to tire,
Could keep up, though easy of gait and slack of rein
إِلىto عَجُزٍa rump كَالبابِlike a door شُدَّwas secured رِتاجُهُits bolt
إِلى عَجُزٍ كَالبابِ شُدَّ رِتاجُهُ
وَمُستَتلِعٍand rising high بِالكورِwith the camel-saddle ذيhaving حُبُكٍstraps سُمرِbrown
وَمُستَتلِعٍ بِالكورِ ذي حُبُكٍ سُمرِ
joined to a rump like a door with its bolt secured,
To a rump like a door whose bolt is drawn
and a towering back bearing the saddle with brown straps.
And a hip ridged as if clad in coat of mail
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.