<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliA staircase rose up and around in the background, surrounded by landscape paintings that were probably supposed to look snazzily post-modern but were actually rather bad.  <response>: Mstari wa juu ulijitokeza na kuzunguka nyuma, kuzungukwa na michoro ya mandhari ambayo labda ilidhaniwa kuonekana post-modern lakini kwa kweli ilikuwa mbaya sana. 