يَأبىrefuses سُمُوُّكَyour loftiness وَاِعتِلاؤُكand your eminence
يَأبى سُمُوُّكَ وَاِعتِلاؤُك
إِلّاexcept الَّتيthat which فيهاin it سَناؤُكyour splendor
إِلّا الَّتي فيها سَناؤُك
Your loftiness and eminence refuse
Your loftiness and elevation
all but that in which your splendor shines.
Accept only that in which lies your glory
عَمريby my life لَقَدindeed فُتَّyou have surpassed الرِجاmen (word continues)
عَمري لَقَد فُتَّ الرِجا
لَcompletion of 'men' وَفاتَand outstripped يَومَon the day السَبقِthe race شاؤُكyour reach
لَ وَفاتَ يَومَ السَبقِ شاؤُك
By my life, you have indeed surpassed men,
My life, hope has certainly failed
and on the day of the race your reach outstripped theirs.
Your precedence won the race long ago
ياO اِبنَson of المُدَبِّرِal-Mudabbir وَالنَدىand generosity
يا اِبنَ المُدَبِّرِ وَالنَدى
وَبلٌa downpour تَجودُgives generously بِهِwith it سَماؤُكyour sky
وَبلٌ تَجودُ بِهِ سَماؤُك
O Ibn al-Mudabbir—generosity
O son of the Planner and the dew
is a downpour your sky pours forth.
And rain which your sky graciously pours down
عَظُمَhas grown great الرَجاءُhope وَرُبَّand many a يَوday (word continues)
عَظُمَ الرَجاءُ وَرُبَّ يَو
مٍcompletion of 'day' حَقَّcame true فيهِin it لَناfor us رَجاؤُكhope in you
مٍ حَقَّ فيهِ لَنا رَجاؤُك
Hope has grown great, and many a day
Great is hope, and many a day
our hope in you has come true.
In which we rightfully hope for your favor
وَيَفوتُنيand eludes me نَيلٌa bounty مَساdistance (word continues)
وَيَفوتُني نَيلٌ مَسا
فَتُهُcompletion of 'its distance' كِتابُكَyour letter أَوor لِقاؤُكmeeting you
فَتُهُ كِتابُكَ أَو لِقاؤُك
Yet a bounty eludes me, only as far away
And I miss gaining an evening of drink
as your letter or a meeting with you.
When your letter or meeting misses me
فَغَناءُthen the aid مَنwhose يُرجىis hoped for إِذاif
فَغَناءُ مَن يُرجى إِذا
لَمnot يُرجَis hoped for فيin حَدَثٍa misfortune غَناؤُكyour aid
لَم يُرجَ في حَدَثٍ غَناؤُك
Whose aid, then, can be hoped for, if
The song of one hoped for, if
your aid is not hoped for in misfortune?
Your song does not delight in a new event
وَعَطاءُand the gift غَيرِكَsomeone other than you إِنif بَذَلـdevoted (verb continues)
وَعَطاءُ غَيرِكَ إِن بَذَلـ
ـتَyou (verb ending) عِنايَةًattention فيهِto it عَطاؤُكyour gift
ـتَ عِنايَةً فيهِ عَطاؤُك
And another's gift, if you devote
And the gift of another, if you
attention to it, is your gift.
Bestow any favor upon it, is your gift
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.