خلleave اليَراعthe reed pen محطماshattered وامسكand hold بكفْin the palm (word fragment)
خل اليَراع محطما وامسك بكفْ
فِكَyour (completes the split word) انif اردتyou wish تشاغلاdiversion مزماراa flute
فِكَ ان اردت تشاغلا مزمارا
Leave the reed pen shattered, and hold in the palm
Leave arguing and grip your lute,
of your hand, if you wish for diversion, a flute.
my friend, if you want a pastime.
واتركand leave سياسةthe politics of تونسTunisia واركنand retreat الىto
واترك سياسة تونس واركن الى
بعضone of الزَواياthe Sufi lodges كررrepeat الاذكاراthe invocations
بعض الزَوايا كرر الاذكارا
And leave Tunisia's politics behind, and retreat to
Set Tunisian politics aside
one of the Sufi lodges; repeat the invocations.
and lean towards invoking God.
هَذاthis دَواءa remedy for حكومةa government امستhas come to تَرىsee
هَذا دَواء حكومة امست تَرى
فيin القولspeech ناراfire وَالكتابةand writing ناراfire
في القول نارا وَالكتابة نارا
This is the remedy for a government that has come to see
This is the cure, as you can see,
fire in speech, and fire in writing.
for speech that's fire and writing fire.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.