أياO أهلَpeople of النميمةِtale-bearing والرواغِand evasion
أيا أهلَ النميمةِ والرواغِ
أحاديثtalk العُلىglory شغلُoccupation الفراغِidle time
أحاديث العُلى شغلُ الفراغِ
O people of tale-bearing and evasion,
O people of gossip and idle talk
Talk of glory is an idle pastime.
Discussions of virtue occupy our time
إلامَuntil when تُكابرونَyou persist in arrogance وقدwhen already أتاكمhe has come to you
إلامَ تُكابرونَ وقد أتاكم
فتاكمyour young man بالبلاغةwith eloquence والبلاغand the message
فتاكم بالبلاغة والبلاغ
How long will you persist in arrogance, when there has come to you
Why do you insist on hostility
Your young man with eloquence and the message?
When eloquence itself has come to you
طمعتمyou presumed بالكريمِupon the noble man لفرطِbecause of excessive حلمٍforbearance
طمعتم بالكريمِ لفرطِ حلمٍ
وأنتمwhile you كالعبيدِlike slaves لكلto every باغoppressor
وأنتم كالعبيدِ لكل باغ
You presumed upon the noble man because of his great forbearance,
You hope for favors due to another's patience
While you are like slaves to every oppressor.
Yet you are like slaves, owned by all
لعمرِby the life of الحقِّTruth إنif يعتلَّfalls ill جسمٌa body
لعمرِ الحقِّ إن يعتلَّ جسمٌ
فأتعبthen how weary بالفؤادِthe heart وبالدماغand the brain
فأتعب بالفؤادِ وبالدماغ
By the life of Truth, if a body falls ill,
By the truth, if a body falls ill
Then how weary are the heart and brain!
Then the heart and mind grow weary
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.