أنابيبtubes منof القندsugar candy
أنابيب من القند
علىupon لاطباقthe plates مبيضهwhite
على لاطباق مبيضه
Tubes of sugar candy,
Pipes of sugar
white upon the plates.
On white plates
كأنas though الجامthe bowl كفa hand وهيand they
كأن الجام كف وهي
أطرافfingers لهاbelonging to it بضهtender
أطراف لها بضه
As though the bowl were a hand, and they
As if the cup a palm
its tender fingers.
With fingertips of ivory
حكتthey resembled أعمدةpillars صيغتwere fashioned
حكت أعمدة صيغت
منfrom الثلجsnow أوor الفضهsilver
من الثلج أو الفضه
They resembled pillars fashioned
Columns were carved
from snow or silver.
Of snow or silver
حكتthey resembled شهباshooting stars غدتhad become فيin
حكت شهبا غدت في
فيin ذلكthat المجلسgathering منقضهplunging down
في ذلك المجلس منقضه
They resembled shooting stars that had come to be
Meteors became
plunging down in that gathering.
Scattered in that gathering
شفاءa cure الشاربthe drinker الظمآنthirsty
شفاء الشارب الظمآن
منfrom أطرافهاtheir tips عضهa bite
من أطرافها عضه
The thirsty drinker’s cure
Healing the thirsty drinker
is a bite from their tips.
From its rims a sip
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.