قالsaid ليto me صاحبٌa friend ظريفٌwitty وقدand already زاgrew (first part of زاد)
قال لي صاحبٌ ظريفٌ وقد زا
دcompletion of زاد: grew الشتاthe winter فيin دمشقDamascus برداًcoldness مضراharmful
د الشتا في دمشق برداً مضرا
A witty friend said to me, as
A witty friend said to me when the winter
winter in Damascus grew harmfully cold:
Increased its cold in Damascus, harmful and raw:
كمhow many لسيفfor the sword of البروقthe lightning flashes فيin me جراحٌwounds
كم لسيف البروق في جراحٌ
عادbecame جلديmy skin بهاbecause of them غشاءًa membrane مفرىtorn
عاد جلدي بها غشاءً مفرى
“How many wounds lightning’s sword has left in me!
How the swords of lightning wound me!
Because of them, my skin has become a torn membrane.”
My skin has become an unstitched shawl.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.