رَبعٌa dwelling تَرَبَّصَتlay in wait النجومُthe stars لأَهلهfor its people
رَبعٌ تَرَبَّصَت النجومُ لأَهله
وَرَماهُمُand shot at them رَيبُthe misfortune الزَمانِof time فَقرطساthen hit the mark
وَرَماهُمُ رَيبُ الزَمانِ فَقرطسا
A dwelling—the stars lay in wait for its people,
A quarter where stars yearned for its people
and time’s misfortune shot at them and hit the mark.
And the uncertainty of time cast them adrift
فَكأَنَّهso it seems as though مِمّاbecause of how تقادمhas long passed عهدُهُits time
فَكأَنَّه مِمّا تقادم عهدُهُ
رَبعُthe dwelling امرىءImru’ القيسِal-Qays القَديمancient بعسعساat ʿAsʿas
رَبعُ امرىء القيسِ القَديم بعسعسا
So, with its days so long past, it seems like
As though it was from eras gone by
the ancient dwelling of Imru’ al-Qays at ʿAsʿas.
A quarter of Imru' al-Qais' old encampment
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.