مهفهفينِtwo slender-waisted figures لَعِبَاthey both played
مهفهفينِ لَعِبَا
بالنردِat backgammon أنثىa female وذكرْand a male
بالنردِ أنثى وذكرْ
Two slender-waisted figures played
Playing children
backgammon—a woman and a man.
A girl and boy with dice
قالتْshe said أناI قُمريَّةٌa female turtledove
قالتْ أنا قُمريَّةٌ
قلتُI said اسكتيbe quiet (to a woman) فَهْوَfor he is قمرْa moon
قلتُ اسكتي فَهْوَ قمرْ
She said, “I am a turtledove.”
She said, I am queenly
I said, “Hush, for he is a moon.”
I told her, Hush, he is king
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.