شغلَoccupied القرائحpoetic minds بالدعاءِwith prayer الصالحrighteous
شغلَ القرائح بالدعاءِ الصالح
إشغالُthe occupying of وقتكyour time عنaway from قريضverse المادحthe panegyrist
إشغالُ وقتك عن قريض المادح
Poetic minds have been occupied with righteous prayer
Occupy your time with sincere prayers,
By your time's diversion from the panegyrist's verse,
Rather than praising poets with idle words.
شغلاًwork وتدبيراًand governance بمملكةٍin a kingdom رأتsaw
شغلاً وتدبيراً بمملكةٍ رأت
منكfrom you الجميلَgoodness فأعرضتand turned away عنfrom طامحan aspirant
منك الجميلَ فأعرضت عن طامح
Through work and governance in a kingdom that saw
Keep yourself busy serving a kingdom that
Your goodness and turned away from an aspirant.
Saw your goodness, yet spurned the grasping hands.
لاno طعنَblame فيin قلمa pen شرعتَyou leveled بدولةٍin a realm
لا طعنَ في قلم شرعتَ بدولةٍ
إنif كانَwas يطعنُit thrusts فيat السماكArcturus الرَّامحthe Spear-bearer
إن كانَ يطعنُ في السماك الرَّامح
No blame attaches to a pen you leveled in a realm,
Do not blame the pen if it denounces
If it thrusts at Arcturus, the Spear-bearer.
A gluttonous king who wrongs the innocent.
ياO صاحبmaster of الدعواتprayers والبركاتand blessings أيّwhat
يا صاحب الدعوات والبركات أيّ
مدائحpraises توليyou favor وأيّand what قرائحpoetic minds
مدائح تولي وأيّ قرائح
O master of prayers and blessings, what
O you whose prayers and blessings are sought,
Praises do you favor, and what poetic minds?
What praises or poems can measure your worth?
ياO موثراًone preferring كتمَconcealment of الهباتِthe gifts وكتمهاand their concealment
يا موثراً كتمَ الهباتِ وكتمها
كالمسكlike musk لاnot يزدادُincreases غيرَother than نوافحfragrant wafts
كالمسك لا يزدادُ غيرَ نوافح
O you who prefer concealing gifts—and their concealment
O you who hides your gifts, like musk
Is like musk: its fragrant wafts only increase.
That only grows more fragrant when crushed.
اللهGod يعلمُknows ماwhat تكنّyou conceal منof الدعاprayer
الله يعلمُ ما تكنّ من الدعا
والحمدand praise عجزinability أوor مخافةfear of كاشحa spiteful enemy
والحمد عجز أو مخافة كاشح
God knows what you conceal of prayer
God knows the sincerity of your prayers,
And praise, through inability or fear of a spiteful foe.
While our praise falls short, bound by awe.
أقسمتI swore ياO موسىMoses الزمانِof the age لقدindeed وفاkept faith
أقسمت يا موسى الزمانِ لقد وفا
بالصدقِwith truth منwhoever أثنىpraised عليكupon you بصالحas righteous
بالصدقِ من أثنى عليك بصالح
I swear, O Moses of the age: he has indeed kept faith
By the truth of time, O Moses, I swear
With truth, who praised you as righteous.
Those who praised your virtues spoke right.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.