ياO ضرطةfart يُخْلِقُgrows old الزمانُtime وماand not
يا ضرطة يُخْلِقُ الزمانُ وما
تبرحُyou cease to be إحدىone of الطَّرائفthe curiosities الجُدُدِthe new ones
تبرحُ إحدى الطَّرائف الجُدُدِ
O fart, time grows old, yet
O fart, time creates and yet
you remain one of the fresh curiosities.
You remain one of the newest oddities
أرسلهاhe let it loose صاحبmaster of البريدthe post كماas
أرسلها صاحب البريد كما
قُوِّضَwas brought down بعضُsome of الهضابthe hills منof أُحُدِUhud
قُوِّضَ بعضُ الهضاب من أُحُدِ
The postmaster let it loose, as though
Its sender dispatched it as
some of Uhud’s hills had been brought crashing down.
Some of the plateaus were undermined from Ohod
سارتit traveled بلاwithout كُلْفَةٍexpense ولاand no تعبٍfatigue
سارت بلا كُلْفَةٍ ولا تعبٍ
سَيْرthe travel of القوافيthe rhymes الأوابدthe wild ones الشُّرُدِthe far-roaming ones
سَيْر القوافي الأوابد الشُّرُدِ
It traveled without expense or fatigue,
It went without any cost or fatigue
as wild, far-roaming rhymes do.
The way of the eternal, homeless rhymes
كأّنماas though طارتflew الرياحthe winds بهاwith it
كأّنما طارت الرياح بها
فألحقتْهاand so brought it بكلto every ذيone with بُعُدِremoteness
فألحقتْها بكل ذي بُعُدِ
As though the winds had flown with it
As if the winds flew with it
and brought it to everyone far away.
So it reached all those of distance
لوif أنَّthat أخبارَهُhis news كضرطتهlike his fart
لو أنَّ أخبارَهُ كضرطته
إذنthen كَفَتْهُit would spare him مؤونةthe expense of البُرُدِthe postal couriers
إذن كَفَتْهُ مؤونة البُرُدِ
If his news were like his fart,
If its news were like its fart
then it would spare him the expense of postal couriers.
Then the burden of postage would suffice it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.