أَمْسَىhe reached evening بِفَيْحَانٍat Fayḥān فَنَفَّرَthen startled مِنْsome of قَطَاsandgrouse
أَمْسَى بِفَيْحَانٍ فَنَفَّرَ مِنْ قَطَا
حَوْضَىof Ḥawḍā تَرَغُّمُهُhis grunting بِلَيْلٍin a night أَقْعَسِlong
حَوْضَى تَرَغُّمُهُ بِلَيْلٍ أَقْعَسِ
At evening he was at Fayḥān, startling some sandgrouse
In the evening it startled a lynx from beside my pool
of Ḥawḍā with his grunting, in a long night.
Its gurgling sounded in the night hushed and still
رَبِذٌnimble قَوَائِمُهُhis legs سَرِيعٌswift رَجْعُهُhis returning stride
رَبِذٌ قَوَائِمُهُ سَرِيعٌ رَجْعُهُ
نَحَّىurged onward عَلَيْهِupon him رَاكِبٌa rider لَمْdid not يَنْعَسِdoze
نَحَّى عَلَيْهِ رَاكِبٌ لَمْ يَنْعَسِ
His legs were nimble, his stride swift.
A nimble she-goat lightly returning to her fold
A rider who did not doze urged him onward.
Her rider leaned over her unslept, watchful, alert
لَقِحَتْconceived حَوَائِلُbarren she-camels حُوللٍunclear as written لِتَمَامِهِat its completion
لَقِحَتْ حَوَائِلُ حُوللٍ لِتَمَامِهِ
رقبneck (reading uncertain) ودبرand hindquarters كَبْشَةَKabsha (possibly a name) عِرْمِسِa sturdy she-camel
رقب ودبر كَبْشَةَ عِرْمِسِ
Barren she-camels conceived—[ḥūllal is unclear]—at its completion.
The pregnant ewes of Howalla completed their term
Neck and hindquarters; Kabsha(?)—a sturdy she-camel [syntax unclear].
With the nape and rump of a well-rounded ram
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.