إِنَّنيindeed, I أَشتَهيlong for لِقاءَكَmeeting you وَاللَـby God (continued)
إِنَّني أَشتَهي لِقاءَكَ وَاللَـ
ـهِcompletion of “God” فَماذاso what عَلَيكَupon you أَنto تَلقانيmeet me
ـهِ فَماذا عَلَيكَ أَن تَلقاني
Indeed, I long to meet you, by God—
I long to meet with you, and by God
so what would it cost you to meet me?
Why should you not allow us to meet?
قَدmay تَلُفُّbend الرِياحُthe winds غُصناًa branch مِنَof الباthe bān-tree (continued)
قَد تَلُفُّ الرِياحُ غُصناً مِنَ البا
نِcompletion of “bān-tree” إِلىtoward مِثلِهِits like فَيَلتَقِيانِand so the two meet
نِ إِلى مِثلِهِ فَيَلتَقِيانِ
The winds may bend a branch of the bān-tree
The winds may entwine a bough of the bana tree
toward one like it, and the two meet.
With one of its kind, and so they meet.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.