دمشقُDamascus تقصدُbreaks عظميmy bones
دمشقُ تقصدُ عظمي
بعرقةٍwith a gnawing أيِّwhat a عرقهْgnawing
بعرقةٍ أيِّ عرقهْ
Damascus breaks my bones
Damascus visits my bones
with a gnawing—what a gnawing!
With a ride, what a ride
إخفاقُهُits failure لرجائيfor my hope
إخفاقُهُ لرجائي
فيهاin her وللقلبِand for the heart خَفْقَهْa flutter
فيها وللقلبِ خَفْقَهْ
My hope meets failure
Its failure to my hopes
in her, and the heart a flutter.
In it and the heart's throbbing
أَقمتُI dwelt فيهاin her وحيداًalone
أَقمتُ فيها وحيداً
كالدُّرِّlike a pearl ضمّتْهُenclosed it حُقَّهْa small casket
كالدُّرِّ ضمّتْهُ حُقَّهْ
I dwelt there alone,
I stayed in it alone
like a pearl enclosed in a casket.
Like a pearl hugged by its oyster
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.