وناطقand a speaker بلسانwith a tongue لاno ضميرmind لهof his own
وناطق بلسان لا ضمير له
كأنهas though he were فخذa thigh نيطتwas fastened إلىto قدمa foot
كأنه فخذ نيطت إلى قدم
And a speaker with a tongue but no mind of his own,
One who speaks with a conscienceless tongue
as though he were a thigh fastened to a foot.
As if a thigh tied to a foot
يبديreveals ضميرinner thoughts سواهsomeone other than himself فيin الحديثspeech كماjust as
يبدي ضمير سواه في الحديث كما
يبديreveals ضميرinner thoughts سواهsomeone other than itself الخطwriting بالقلمwith the pen
يبدي ضمير سواه الخط بالقلم
He reveals another's inner thoughts in speech, just as
Reveals the conscience of another in speech
writing reveals another's inner thoughts through the pen.
As a hand reveals the conscience of another in writing
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.