تزوَّجhe married والقوتُand sustenance عنfor نفسِهhimself
تزوَّج والقوتُ عن نفسِه
يضيقُfalls short وذاكand that منof الهندسَهgeometry; calculation
يضيقُ وذاك من الهندسَه
He married, though sustenance for himself
He got married though he could barely feed himself
falls short—and that is clever calculation!
His means got narrower, such is life's math
كماjust as فأرةٌa mouse لمdid not تَسَعfit جُحرَهاher burrow
كما فأرةٌ لم تَسَع جُحرَها
فشدَّتso she tied علىonto الذَّنَبِthe tail المكنسهthe broom
فشدَّت على الذَّنَبِ المكنسه
Like a mouse that could not fit into her burrow,
Like a rat whose hole could not accommodate it
so she tied a broom to her tail.
So it tightened the broom onto its tail
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.