أيُّهاO you المختالthe swaggerer كِبراًin arrogance
أيُّها المختال كِبراً
سِرْwalk علىupon الأرضِthe earth رويداًgently
سِرْ على الأرضِ رويداً
O you who strut in arrogance,
O you who are arrogantly imposing,
walk gently upon the earth.
Walk gently on the earth,
قَدْindeed تعاظمتَyou have grown haughty علَىtoward اللهGod
قَدْ تعاظمتَ علَى الله
وجَاوزْتَand you have overstepped الحدوداthe bounds
وجَاوزْتَ الحدودا
You have indeed grown haughty toward God
You have become prideful before God,
and overstepped the bounds.
And you have transgressed all bounds.
مَنْwhom ترىdo you think الأيامthe days أعطيgranted (word continues)
مَنْ ترى الأيام أعطي
نَthey (feminine-plural verb ending) مِنamong النّاسhumankind الخلوداimmortality
نَ مِن النّاس الخلودا
To whom, do you think, have the days granted
Who do you think the days have given
immortality among humankind?
Eternal life to among all people?
كَمْhow many ملوكٍkings عوَضَتْهُمْthey compensated them
كَمْ ملوكٍ عوَضَتْهُمْ
بالمقاصيرin place of palace chambers اللَّحوداthe graves
بالمقاصير اللَّحودا
For how many kings have they exchanged
How many kings have been replaced
palace chambers for graves!
By narrow graves?
قادَهمled them دَاعيthe herald of المناياdeath
قادَهم دَاعي المنايا
ولَكَمْand how often قادواthey led الجنوداthe armies
ولَكَمْ قادوا الجنودا
The herald of death led them,
The caller of death led them,
and how often they had led armies!
And how many armies they led!
بدّلَتْthey transformed أجسامهمtheir bodies عَنْaway from
بدّلَتْ أجسامهم عَنْ
وشيهاtheir brocade تُرباًdust ودوداand worms
وشيها تُرباً ودودا
They transformed their bodies, exchanging
Their bodies were changed
their brocade for dust and worms.
Into worm-eaten rotting dust.
لاno عدوَّاًenemy مُبْغِضاًfull of hatred تُبْقِيthey spare
لا عدوَّاً مُبْغِضاً تُبْقِي
ولاnor تِرْباًa companion of the same age وَدُوداloving
ولا تِرْباً وَدُودا
They spare no hate-filled enemy,
It leaves no hated enemy,
nor any loving companion.
Nor loved and intimate dust.
قدindeed أَكَلْنَthey have eaten اللّحمَthe flesh هِضْنَthey have broken
قد أَكَلْنَ اللّحمَ هِضْنَ
العَظْمَthe bones مَزّقْنَthey have torn الجلوداthe skins
العَظْمَ مَزّقْنَ الجلودا
They have eaten the flesh and broken
They ate flesh which ants
the bones, and torn the skins.
Have eaten, they tore skins which have decayed.
أيّهاO you الآبقُthe runaway slave إنْif لَمْdo not
أيّها الآبقُ إنْ لَمْ
تَرْجُhope for وَعْداًa promise of reward خَفْfear وَعيداa threat of punishment
تَرْجُ وَعْداً خَفْ وَعيدا
O runaway slave, if you do not
O fugitive, if you do not
hope for promised reward, fear threatened punishment.
Return, fear the threat,
عُدْreturn إلىto ربِّكَyour Lord فالعَبْfor the servant (word continues)
عُدْ إلى ربِّكَ فالعَبْ
دُcompletion of 'servant' حَرِيٌّought أنto يَعُوداreturn
دُ حَرِيٌّ أن يَعُودا
Return to your Lord, for the servant
Return to your Lord, for the
ought to return.
Servant is free to return.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.