قالواthey said حبيبُكَyour beloved غصنُa bough باbān tree (first part of the word)
قالوا حبيبُكَ غصنُ با
نٍbān tree (final part of the word) قلتُI said صُغراًscorn للغُصَيْنِfor the little bough
نٍ قلتُ صُغراً للغُصَيْنِ
They said, “Your beloved is a bough of a bā—
They said your lover is an insignificant branch
—n tree.” I said, “Scorn upon the little bough!”
I said when still young to the insignificant ones
قالواthey said فظبيُthen a gazelle نقاa sand dune فقلْso I said (first part of the verb)
قالوا فظبيُ نقا فقلْ
تُI (ending completing the preceding verb) الظبيُthe gazelle يسوىis worth درهمينِtwo dirhams
تُ الظبيُ يسوى درهمينِ
They said, “Then a gazelle of the dunes.” So I re—
They said a conceited fawn so I said
—plied, “The gazelle is worth two dirhams.”
The conceited one is worth two coins
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.