يُخاطِبُنيaddresses me السَفيهُthe fool بِكُلِّwith every قُبحٍugliness
يُخاطِبُني السَفيهُ بِكُلِّ قُبحٍ
فَأَكرَهُso I am loath أَنto أَكونَbe لَهُto him مُجيباone who answers
فَأَكرَهُ أَن أَكونَ لَهُ مُجيبا
The fool addresses me with every kind of vileness.
The fool addresses me with all ugliness
So I am loath to answer him.
So I disdain to answer him
يَزيدُhe increases سَفاهَةًfoolishness فَأَزيدُso I increase حِلماًforbearance
يَزيدُ سَفاهَةً فَأَزيدُ حِلماً
كَعودٍlike aloeswood زادَهُincreased it الإِحراقُburning طيباfragrance
كَعودٍ زادَهُ الإِحراقُ طيبا
He grows in foolishness, so I grow in forbearance.
He increases in foolishness, so I increase in forbearance
Like aloeswood, whose fragrance is heightened by burning.
Like aloes wood - burning only makes it more fragrant
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.