وَباخِلٍand a miser بِتُّI spent the night فيin أَرجاءِthe confines of مَنزِلِهِhis home
وَباخِلٍ بِتُّ في أَرجاءِ مَنزِلِهِ
كَأَنَّنيas though I بِتُّI spent the night فيin بَعضِsome of النَواويسِthe tombs
كَأَنَّني بِتُّ في بَعضِ النَواويسِ
With a miser I spent the night within his home,
And a miser whose harshness pervades his home
as though I had spent the night in one of the tombs.
As if I were lodged in the corner of some notebook
أَضافَنيhe hosted me وَهوَwhile he أَوفىmost amply endowed مَنthose whom عَلِمتُI knew بِهِof him
أَضافَني وَهوَ أَوفى مَن عَلِمتُ بِهِ
غِنىًin wealth وَفيand in عَيشِهِhis way of life عَيشُthe life of المَفاليسِthe penniless
غِنىً وَفي عَيشِهِ عَيشُ المَفاليسِ
He hosted me, though he surpassed everyone I knew
He hosted me, the truest host I've known
in wealth, yet lived the life of the penniless,
Wealthy, yet living a pauper's life
بِلَحمِwith the meat of ماعِزَةٍa she-goat كَالشِنِّlike an old waterskin بالِيَةٍworn out
بِلَحمِ ماعِزَةٍ كَالشِنِّ بالِيَةٍ
قَريبَةِrecent العَهدِacquaintance بِاللَأواءِwith hardship وَالبوسِand misery
قَريبَةِ العَهدِ بِاللَأواءِ وَالبوسِ
with the meat of a she-goat, worn out like an old waterskin,
With meat of a goat as dry as timber
lately acquainted with hardship and misery.
Recently bereft of grazing and kisses
كَأَنَّas though أَعظُمَهاher bones مِنfrom يُبسِهاtheir dryness خَشَبٌwood
كَأَنَّ أَعظُمَها مِن يُبسِها خَشَبٌ
قَدalready أودِعَتwere deposited مِنbecause of هُزالِthe wasting of الجِلدِthe skin فيin كيسِa sack
قَد أودِعَت مِن هُزالِ الجِلدِ في كيسِ
Her bones, in their dryness, seemed like wood
As if the greatest part of its dryness is wood
packed into a sack, so wasted was her skin.
Cast in a bag from the emaciation of its hide
وَخُشكَنانَجَةٍand a khushkananja pastry سَوداءَblack فارِغَةٍempty
وَخُشكَنانَجَةٍ سَوداءَ فارِغَةٍ
كَأَنَّهاas though it قِطعَةٌa piece مِنof قَرنِthe horn of جاموسِa buffalo
كَأَنَّها قِطعَةٌ مِن قَرنِ جاموسِ
And a black, empty khushkananja pastry,
And black musty khoshkanaj
as though it were a piece of a buffalo's horn,
As if it were a piece of buffalo horn
قَديمَةٍancient مِنfrom بَقاياthe remnants of ظَهرِthe back of والِدَةٍa mother
قَديمَةٍ مِن بَقايا ظَهرِ والِدَةٍ
قَدalready عُمِّرَتhad lived long فيin ذَراهُhis shelter عُمرَthe lifetime of إِبليسِIblis
قَد عُمِّرَت في ذَراهُ عُمرَ إِبليسِ
ancient, from the remnants of a mother's back,
Ancient, from the remains of its mother's hump
that had lived in his shelter for the lifetime of Iblis.
Preserved throughout its lifetime like Satan
فَبَتُّso I spent the night أَسواthe worst مَبيتٍovernight stay فيin عِراصِthe courtyards of مَغاdwell- (partial word)
فَبَتُّ أَسوا مَبيتٍ في عِراصِ مَغا
نيهِ-ings of his وَعَرَّستُand I halted for the night فيهِthere شَرَّthe worst تَعريسِovernight halt
نيهِ وَعَرَّستُ فيهِ شَرَّ تَعريسِ
So I spent the worst of nights in the courtyards of his dwell-
So I passed the worst night in the stables of deprivation
ings, and made there the worst of overnight halts.
And married the evil of marriages therein
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.