وَمُسَوَّمٍand one marked out لِلمَوتِfor death يَركَبُfalls upon رَدعَهُhis neck
وَمُسَوَّمٍ لِلمَوتِ يَركَبُ رَدعَهُ
بَينَamong القواضِبِthe cleaving swords والقناand the spears الخَطّارِswaying
بَينَ القواضِبِ والقنا الخَطّارِ
And one marked for death falls headlong
And one destined for death rides its deterrence
Among the cleaving swords and swaying spears.
Between the narrow boats and the perilous canal
يَدنوdraws near وَتَرفَعُهُand lift him الرِماحُthe spears كأَنَّهُas though he were
يَدنو وَتَرفَعُهُ الرِماحُ كأَنَّهُ
شُلوٌa corpse تَنشَّبَbecame caught فيin مَخالِبِthe claws ضارِa predator
شُلوٌ تَنشَّبَ في مَخالِبِ ضارِ
He draws near, and the spears lift him, as though he were
He approaches and the spears raise him as though he were
A corpse caught in a predator’s claws.
A stubborn thorn stuck in the claws of harm
فَثَوىso he lay صَريعاًslain وَالرِياحُand the winds تَنوشُهُpluck at him
فَثَوى صَريعاً وَالرِياحُ تَنوشُهُ
إِنَّindeed الشَراةَthe Shurāt قَصيرَةُshort الأَعمارِthe lifespans
إِنَّ الشَراةَ قَصيرَةُ الأَعمارِ
So he lay slain, and the winds plucked at him.
So he fell dead while the winds console him
Indeed, the Shurāt have short lives.
Indeed the evil-doers have short lives
أُدَباءُlearned men إِمّاwhenever جِئتَهُمyou came to them خُطَباءُorators
أُدَباءُ إِمّا جِئتَهُم خُطَباءُ
ضَمناءُguarantors كُلِّevery كَتيبَةٍbattalion جَرّارِvast
ضَمناءُ كُلِّ كَتيبَةٍ جَرّارِ
Learned men—whenever you come to them, orators,
Orators whether you came to them as speakers
Pledged to confront every vast battalion.
The brave ones of every battalion of warriors
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.