لاتَكُdo not be فيin كُلِّevery هَواًdesire تَنهَمِكbecome engrossed
لاتَكُ في كُلِّ هَواً تَنهَمِك
وَلاand do not تَكونَنَّever be لَجوجاًobstinate مَحِكquarrelsome
وَلا تَكونَنَّ لَجوجاً مَحِك
Do not become engrossed in every desire.
Do not despair for every passion that consumes you
And never be obstinate or quarrelsome.
Nor be stubborn in all your dealings
نافِسcompete إِذاif نافَستَyou compete فيin حِكمَةٍwisdom
نافِس إِذا نافَستَ في حِكمَةٍ
وَلاتَدَعand do not neglect خَيراًany good وَلاand do not تَتَّرِكabandon
وَلاتَدَع خَيراً وَلا تَتَّرِك
If you compete, compete in wisdom.
Strive for wisdom when you are challenged
And do not neglect any good or abandon it.
Do not neglect good nor abandon it
وَاِصنَعand do إِلىto الناسِpeople جَميلاًa kindness كَماjust as
وَاِصنَع إِلى الناسِ جَميلاً كَما
تُحِبُّyou would like أَنthat يَصنَعَهُdo it الناسُpeople بِكto you
تُحِبُّ أَن يَصنَعَهُ الناسُ بِك
And show kindness to people, just as
Treat people with kindness as you wish
you would like people to show it to you.
They would treat you
مَنwhoever قَرَّfound contentment عَيناًin his eye بِغِنىwith sufficient means بُلغَةٍsubsistence
مَن قَرَّ عَيناً بِغِنى بُلغَةٍ
يَوماًday بِيَومٍby day عاشَlived عَيشَthe life of المَلِكthe king
يَوماً بِيَومٍ عاشَ عَيشَ المَلِك
He whose eyes are gladdened by enough to live on,
Whoever is satisfied with eloquence
day by day, lives the life of a king.
Lives each day like a king
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.