لاmay ... never زَالَتِcease السُّحْبُthe clouds عَلَىover مَشْرَعَهْMashraʿah
لا زَالَتِ السُّحْبُ عَلَى مَشْرَعَهْ
هامِلَةًpouring down هامِيَةًstreaming with rain مُتْرَعَهْfull to the brim
هامِلَةً هامِيَةً مُتْرَعَهْ
May the clouds over Mashraʿah never cease
The clouds still loom over his horizon,
Pouring, streaming, full to the brim.
Bearing down with pregnant heaviness.
فَقَاتُهاfor its qat قُوتُsustenance الْقُلُوبthe hearts الّتيthat
فَقَاتُها قُوتُ الْقُلُوب الّتي
لِرِقَّةِbecause of the delicacy of الطَّبْعِtemperament بِهِof it مُولَعَهْenamored
لِرِقَّةِ الطَّبْعِ بِهِ مُولَعَهْ
For its qat is sustenance for the hearts that
Their rain nourishes hearts too delicate
Are enamored of it because of their delicate temperament.
To weather the storms of nature unchecked.
للهِto God (expressing admiration) يَوْمٌa day قَدْindeed نَزَلْنَاwe alighted بِهاat it
للهِ يَوْمٌ قَدْ نَزَلْنَا بِها
ماhow كانwas أَحْلَىsweet (exclamatory) عِنْدَناto us مَوْقِعَهْits impression
ما كان أَحْلَى عِنْدَنا مَوْقِعَهْ
God be praised for the day we alighted there!
One day we arrived and pitched camp here.
How sweet its impression was to us!
How sweet a resting place we happened upon!
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.