وَمُستَرقُand the thief of القَصائِدِpoems وَالمُضاهيand the imitator
وَمُستَرقُ القَصائِدِ وَالمُضاهي
سَواءٌalike عِندَin the eyes of عُلّامِthe learned among الرِجالِmen
سَواءٌ عِندَ عُلّامِ الرِجالِ
And the thief of poems and the imitator
The thief of odes and matchers -
Are alike in the eyes of the learned among men.
They are equal in the eyes of the scholars of men
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.