كأنas though الدِّياتthe blood-money payments إذاwhen عُلِّقتwere hung (imposed)
كأن الدِّيات إذا عُلِّقت
مِئوهاtheir hundreds بهupon him الشَّنَقُthe indemnity below full blood-money الأسفلُthe lowest
مِئوها به الشَّنَقُ الأسفلُ
As though the blood-money payments, when hung—
As if the ransom, when suspended,
their hundreds upon him—were but the smallest partial indemnity.
Its halter around his lower neck
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.