قدindeed جَمعَhas gathered اللهُGod أربعاًfour things ليfor me
قد جَمعَ اللهُ أربعاً لي
فيهِنَّin them عِزِّيmy honor وحُسْنُand the goodness of حاليmy condition
فيهِنَّ عِزِّي وحُسْنُ حالي
God has indeed gathered four things for me;
God has granted me four blessings
In them lie my honor and my well-being:
In them lies my honor and prosperity
بلاغُa sufficiency of عِلمٍknowledge مساغُeasy passage of شِرْبٍdrink
بلاغُ عِلمٍ مساغُ شِرْبٍ
رفاعُcomfort (likely intended: رفاغ) عَيشٍliving فَراغُfreedom from care بالِmind
رفاعُ عَيشٍ فَراغُ بالِ
Sufficient knowledge, a drink that goes down easily,
Eloquence of knowledge, palatability of drink
A comfortable life, a mind free of care.
Comfort of living, tranquility of mind
بَداa new thought arose ليto me فيin الصِّباyouth لّماwhen بداappeared ليto me
بَدا لي في الصِّبا لّما بدا لي
نَهارُdaylight الشَّيْبِgray hair فيin لَيلِnight القَذالِthe nape
نَهارُ الشَّيْبِ في لَيلِ القَذالِ
In youth I changed my mind, when there appeared to me
Youth appeared to me when it appeared
The daylight of gray hair in the night of my nape.
Old age in the night of disgrace appeared
كأنَّas though الشَّعْرَthe hair شِرْبٌa drink كانَhad been صَفْواًclear
كأنَّ الشَّعْرَ شِرْبٌ كانَ صَفْواً
فشابَتْهُand mixed it اللَّياليَthe nights بالقَذاليwith impurities for me (apparently بالقذى لي)
فشابَتْهُ اللَّياليَ بالقَذالي
As though my hair were a drink that once was clear,
Poetry was a clear drink
And the nights mixed impurities into it for me.
Nights diluted it with turbidity
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.