أَدِرهاpass it round فَالغَمامَةُfor the cloud قَدalready أَجالَتbrandished
أَدِرها فَالغَمامَةُ قَد أَجالَت
سُيوفَswords البَرقِthe lightning فيin لِمَمِtresses البِطاحِthe plains
سُيوفَ البَرقِ في لِمَمِ البِطاحِ
Pass it round, for the cloud has brandished
The clouds have gathered, obscuring the horizon
the swords of lightning in the tresses of the plains.
Swords of lightning flash in the valleys
وَراقَand was lovely الرَوضُthe meadow طاووساًa peacock بَهِيّاًsplendid
وَراقَ الرَوضُ طاووساً بَهِيّاً
تَهُبُّblow عَلَيهِover it أَنفاسُbreaths الرِياحِthe winds
تَهُبُّ عَلَيهِ أَنفاسُ الرِياحِ
And the meadow was lovely—a splendid peacock,
The meadow bloomed like a peacock, radiant
over which the breaths of the winds blow.
Winds blow upon it from all directions
تَقولُyou would say وَقَدwhile already ثَنىdraped قُزَحٌQuzah (the rainbow) عَلَيهِover it
تَقولُ وَقَد ثَنى قُزَحٌ عَلَيهِ
ثِيابَrobes الغَيمِthe clouds مُعلَمَةَpatterned النَواحيat the borders
ثِيابَ الغَيمِ مُعلَمَةَ النَواحي
You would say, with Quzah having draped over it
It says, as the rainbow curves above it
the clouds’ robes, patterned along their borders:
Clothing it in robes of clouds, on all sides
خُذواtake لِلصَّحوِfor clear skies أُهبَتَكُمyour preparations فَإِنِّيfor I
خُذوا لِلصَّحوِ أُهبَتَكُم فَإِنِّي
أَعَرتُI lent المُزنَthe rainclouds قادِمَتَيtwo primary feathers جَناحِof a wing
أَعَرتُ المُزنَ قادِمَتَي جَناحِ
“Make ready for clear skies, for I
Take up your gifts for sobriety, for I
have lent the rainclouds two primary feathers of a wing.”
Have bared my wings, arriving in haste
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.