ظَلَّhe remained all day وَظَلَّتand they remained حَولَهُaround him صُيَّماًmotionless
ظَلَّ وَظَلَّت حَولَهُ صُيَّماً
يُراقِبُhe watches الجَونَةَthe sun كَالأَحوالِlike a crafty man
يُراقِبُ الجَونَةَ كَالأَحوالِ
He stood all day, and they stood motionless around him,
He tarried, shadows clustered 'round
watching the sun like a crafty man.
Observing youth fade all around
ثُمَّthen رَمىflung اللَيلُthe night بِهِhim (with the preceding verb) قارِباًbound for water
ثُمَّ رَمى اللَيلُ بِهِ قارِباً
يَستَوقِدُhe kindles النيرانَthe fires فيin الجَروَلِthe stony ground
يَستَوقِدُ النيرانَ في الجَروَلِ
Then night flung him forth, bound for water,
Then night launched him far away
kindling fires amid the stones.
To kindle fires in dark arrays
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.