كَأَنas though اولىthose with الحاجاتneeds لماwhen بَداappeared لَهُمto them
كَأَن اولى الحاجات لما بَدا لَهُم
مَناكِبmountain shoulders اِعلىthe upper part of عابِدʿĀbid فَالمُقطمthen al-Muqaṭṭam
مَناكِب اِعلى عابِد فَالمُقطم
As though those with needs, when there appeared to them
As if the first of needs when it appeared to them
the shoulders of upper ʿĀbid, then al-Muqaṭṭam...
Were the shoulders of the most ascetic worshipper in al-Muqattam
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.