بَحرٌa sea مِنَof الحُسنِbeauty لاnot يَنجوsurvives الغَريقُthe drowning person بِهِin it
بَحرٌ مِنَ الحُسنِ لا يَنجو الغَريقُ بِهِ
إِذاwhen تَلاطَمَclash أَعطافٌflanks بِأَعطافِagainst flanks
إِذا تَلاطَمَ أَعطافٌ بِأَعطافِ
A sea of beauty in which the drowning cannot survive,
A sea of beauty from which the drowned cannot escape
When flanks clash against flanks.
When billows clash against billows
ماnot حَرَّكَتهُstirred it نَسيمُthe breeze الرَقصِof dance مِنout of مَرَحٍmerriment
ما حَرَّكَتهُ نَسيمُ الرَقصِ مِن مَرَحٍ
إِلّاexcept وَماand (start of 'and surged') جَتsurged (word ending) بِهِin it أَمواجُwaves أَردافِof buttocks
إِلّا وَما جَت بِهِ أَمواجُ أَردافِ
The breeze of dance never stirs it in merriment
Stirred by no breeze of dancing joy
Without waves of buttocks surging within it.
Except what waves bring in their wake
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.