قُلتُI said لماwhen بكىhe wept عَشيَّةَon the evening نادَيcalled out (continued)
قُلتُ لما بكى عَشيَّةَ نادَي
تُI (verb ending) صُروفَvicissitudes الرَّدىdeath غدٌtomorrow يومُthe day وَعدِكyour promise
تُ صُروفَ الرَّدى غدٌ يومُ وَعدِك
I said, when he wept on the evening I called
I said, when he wept one evening and called out,
upon the vicissitudes of death: tomorrow is the day of your promise.
“The turns of fate promise tomorrow is the day of your return.”
عَدلَbecame just الدَّهرُtime بَعدَafter جَورٍinjustice فَأَبكاso made … weep (continued)
عَدلَ الدَّهرُ بَعدَ جَورٍ فَأَبكا
كَyou (object suffix) لتَبكيso that you may weep كَماas بَكيتُI wept لبُعدِكfor your absence
كَ لتَبكي كَما بَكيتُ لبُعدِك
Time became just after injustice, and made
Time was unjust then became fair, so it made you weep
you weep, so that you would weep as I wept for your absence.
as I wept from your absence.
فاسقِنيso give me to drink الراحَthe wine سَقيَthe pouring of أَجفانِكَyour eyelids الدَّمthe tears (continued)
فاسقِني الراحَ سَقيَ أَجفانِكَ الدَّم
عَcompletion of الدمع, “the tears” وقايِسand compare شربيmy drinking إِلىwith شربِthe drinking of خَدِّكyour cheek
عَ وقايِس شربي إِلى شربِ خَدِّك
So pour me wine as your eyelids pour
Give me the wine that quenched your eyelids’ thirst
tears, and compare my drinking with your cheek’s drinking.
and measure my drinking by the drinking of your cheek.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.