إنْif فاتَناeluded us الوردُroses زَماناًfor a time فقَدْthen indeed
إنْ فاتَنا الوردُ زَماناً فقَدْ
عوَّضَناcompensated us البُستانُthe orchard نارَنْجَناour bitter oranges
عوَّضَنا البُستانُ نارَنْجَنا
If roses have eluded us for a time, then indeed
If we missed the roses at one time
the orchard has made it up to us with our bitter oranges.
The orchard compensated us with its orange blossoms
يَحسبهُhe considers it الجانيthe picker إذاwhen ماemphatic particle بَداit appears
يَحسبهُ الجاني إذا ما بَدا
فيin كَفِّهِhis palm النّارنجُthe bitter orange ناراًfire جَنىhe plucked
في كَفِّهِ النّارنجُ ناراً جَنى
The picker, when it appears, takes it—
The sinner thinks when the orange blossom appears
the bitter orange in his palm—for fire he has plucked.
In his palm that he has plucked fire
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.