اقطعوهاcut it down وانبذواand cast out منwhoever قدalready دَعاهاcalled it
اقطعوها وانبذوا من قد دَعاها
نعمةًa blessing إنّاindeed we شبعناwe have had our fill منof أَذاهَاits harm
نعمةً إنّا شبعنا من أَذاهَا
Cut it down, and cast out whoever has called it
Cut it down and cast away one who invited it
a blessing; indeed, we have had our fill of its harm.
Indeed, we are satisfied with its harm
قدindeed خُدعناwe were deceived فيin الذيwhat قالواthey said لناto us
قد خُدعنا في الذي قالوا لنا
عنَabout جناهاits fruit بئسَhow wretched ماwhat يَجنيِyields جَناهاits fruit
عنَ جناها بئسَ ما يَجنيِ جَناها
We have indeed been deceived by what they told us
We were deceived in what they told us
of its fruit—wretched is what its fruit yields!
About its paradise, evil is what its paradise yields
أثرٌa relic أحياrevived قروناًcenturies سلفتlong past
أثرٌ أحيا قروناً سلفت
وأماتَand killed العصرthe age فيin بغىٍtyranny تناهيreached extremes
وأماتَ العصر في بغىٍ تناهي
A relic revived centuries long past
A legacy that revived generations past
and killed the present age in tyranny carried to extremes.
Yet killed the era in endless tyranny
قلتI said أحياrevived ليتهwould that it were الحلمthe dream الذيthat
قلت أحيا ليته الحلم الذي
كانhad أحياbrought to life الأمسyesterday إصلاحاًreform وجاهَاand honor
كان أحيا الأمس إصلاحاً وجاهَا
I said 'revived'—would that it were the dream that
I said, if only it revived the wisdom
had brought yesterday to life with reform and honor.
That yesterday enlivened reform and guided it
إنّماonly أحياrevived شروراًevils سلفتlong past
إنّما أحيا شروراً سلفت
زوّقوهاthey embellished them كيso that يعُّدوهthey might deem it إلهاًa god
زوّقوها كي يعُّدوه إلهاً
It only revived evils of old;
Rather, it revived evils of the past
they embellished them so they might deem it a god.
They adorned it that they may worship it as a god
خدعوناthey deceived us حقبةَa period of time واستسهلواand thought it easy
خدعونا حقبةَ واستسهلوا
أنto يُضُّلواthey lead astray الشعبَthe people فيin الذلِhumiliation فتاهاso it lost its way
أن يُضُّلوا الشعبَ في الذلِ فتاها
They deceived us for a time and thought it easy
They deceived us for an epoch and trivialized
to lead the people astray in humiliation, so they lost their way.
Misguiding the people into humiliation and error
كمhow often تَغنيَّناًwe sang بحبٍof love صادقsincere
كم تَغنيَّناً بحبٍ صادق
فرأيناthen we saw منwho هوىfell فيمنamong those who تباهَىboasted
فرأينا من هوى فيمن تباهَى
How often we sang of sincere love,
How much did we sing with sincere love
then we saw who had fallen among those who boasted.
Only to see, from those who boasted, folly
وأضَعناand we squandered جمَّan abundance of نأميلٍhope لناof ours
وأضَعنا جمَّ نأميلٍ لنا
كانwas نُبلاًnobility of spirit فغداbut then became مناon our part سفاهَاfolly
كان نُبلاً فغدا منا سفاهَا
And we squandered our great store of hope;
And we wasted much pure inclination
it had been noble, but became folly on our part.
That was once noble, yet turned to ignorance
سلطةُsovereignty الشعبشthe people هيit is الأمthe mother التيthat
سلطةُ الشعبش هي الأم التي
أنمتnurtured الأحرارَthe free لاnot دَعوىa claim سواهَاother than her
أنمت الأحرارَ لا دَعوى سواهَا
The people's sovereignty is the mother that
The people's authority is the mother
nurtured the free—not any other claim.
That nurtured the free, none else but it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.