لَقَدindeed زَعَمَclaimed المُختارُal-Mukhtar أَنّيthat I وَصُحبَتيand my companions
لَقَد زَعَمَ المُختارُ أَنّي وَصُحبَتي
بِمَسكِنَat Maskin قَدalready أَعيَتhave failed عَلَيَّfor me مَذاهِبيmy paths of escape
بِمَسكِنَ قَد أَعيَت عَلَيَّ مَذاهِبي
Indeed, al-Mukhtar has claimed that I and my companions
Al-Mukhtar has claimed that I and my friends
are at Maskin, with my paths of escape closed to me.
Have wearied him with my constant visits
فَكَيفَbut how وَتَحتيand beneath me أَعوَجِيٌّan Aʿwajī steed وَصُحبَتيand my companions
فَكَيفَ وَتَحتي أَعوَجِيٌّ وَصُحبَتي
عَلىupon كُلِّevery جَهميمِmassive الثَميلَةِthe belly’s stored food شارِبِhaving drunk
عَلى كُلِّ جَهميمِ الثَميلَةِ شارِبِ
But how, with an Aʿwajī steed beneath me, and my companions
How so, when my camel is lame and my friends
each astride a mighty steed, ample-bellied and well-watered?
Are drinking at every Thamilah well
إِذاwhenever ماan emphatic particle خَشيناwe feared بَلدَةًa town قَرَّبَتbrought nearer بِناwith us
إِذا ما خَشينا بَلدَةً قَرَّبَت بِنا
طَوالُlong مُتونٍbacks مُشرِفاتُlofty الحَواجِبِthe brows
طَوالُ مُتونٍ مُشرِفاتُ الحَواجِبِ
Whenever we feared a town, they sped us onward—
When we approach a town, there come to meet us
long-backed steeds with lofty brows.
Tall-girded maidens with alluring glances
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.