ياOh! لَهاfor it (exclamatory) مِنof حماقةٍfolly وَاِختلاقand fabrication
يا لَها مِن حماقةٍ وَاِختلاق
ظَهَرتemerged منfrom تشدُّقِbombast الشدياقِal-Shidyaq
ظَهَرت من تشدُّقِ الشدياقِ
Oh, what folly and fabrication
Oh, what folly and fabrication
emerged from al-Shidyaq’s bombast!
Apparent from the pretense of the ardent
ظنّthought شيطانُthe demon طبعهِhis nature شُهُبَthe shooting stars الآthe litera- (word continues)
ظنّ شيطانُ طبعهِ شُهُبَ الآ
دابِ-ture (completing 'literature') زالَتhad vanished فَحامso he hovered حولaround اِستراقِstealing a hearing
دابِ زالَت فَحام حول اِستراقِ
The demon of his nature thought the shooting stars of litera-
The devil of his nature thought stars of verse
ture had vanished, so he hovered about, seeking to steal a hearing.
His manners faded, so he circled with theft
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.