تَعْساًwoe لمَنْto him who لاnot تَستهِلُّpour forth بَنانُهhis fingers
تَعْساً لمَنْ لا تَستهِلُّ بَنانُه
إلاّexcept لكلِّfor every لئيمbase person قَومٍa people ناقِصdeficient
إلاّ لكلِّ لئيم قَومٍ ناقِص
Woe to him whose fingers do not shower bounty
Woe to him whose goodness is not spent
except upon every base, deficient member of a people.
Except for every vile and mean person
الحُرُّthe noble man منhe who عَمَّembraced all الأنامَhumankind سَماحةًwith generosity
الحُرُّ من عَمَّ الأنامَ سَماحةً
كَرماًout of liberality وخَصَّand singled out أُوليthose possessing النُّهَىreason بخَصائصwith special favors
كَرماً وخَصَّ أُولي النُّهَى بخَصائص
The noble man is he who embraces all mankind with generosity,
The freeman is he who bestows freely upon mankind
out of liberality, and singles out the wise for special favors.
Generosity, and reserves the choicest gifts for the virtuous
فيكونُso he becomes كالبحرِlike the sea الخِضَمِّvast سَحابُهits clouds
فيكونُ كالبحرِ الخِضَمِّ سَحابُه
للعالَمينَfor all mankind ودُرُّهand its pearls للغائصfor the diver
للعالَمينَ ودُرُّه للغائص
Thus he is like the vast sea: its clouds
So he becomes like a heavy clouded sea
are for all mankind, and its pearls for the diver.
Whose pearls belong to the diver alone
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.