انحلgrew thin فانثنىthen bent ناسكاًas an ascetic
انحل فانثنى ناسكاً
قدindeed شفّهwore it down السُقمُillness وقدand indeed أدبلهْwithered it
قد شفّه السُقمُ وقد أدبلهْ
It grew thin, then bent like an ascetic;
He dissolved and bent, ascetic,
illness has worn it down and withered it.
Illness had parched him, withered him.
أرفعُهI lift it طوراًat times علىon أُصبعيmy finger
أرفعُه طوراً على أُصبعي
ورأسُهand its head مُضطربٌswaying أسفلهْbelow it
ورأسُه مُضطربٌ أسفلهْ
At times I lift it on my finger,
I lift him awhile upon my finger
and its head sways below it,
His head waving below.
كالحنشlike a snake المقتولslain يُلقىis laid علىupon
كالحنش المقتول يُلقى على
عودٍa stick لكيso that يُلقيthrows علىonto مِزْبلَهْa dung heap
عودٍ لكي يُلقي على مِزْبلَهْ
like a slain snake laid upon
Like a slaughtered sparrow flung upon
a stick, to throw it onto a dung heap.
A stick, to be flung on the dungheap.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.