يَسوسُhe governs الأمْرthe affair وجْبَتُهits din ضَجاجٌclamor
يَسوسُ الأمْر وجْبَتُه ضَجاجٌ
ولاand no نَزَقٌrashness يَشينُmars ولاnor اصْطخابُuproar
ولا نَزَقٌ يَشينُ ولا اصْطخابُ
He governs affairs amid their clamorous din,
The affair worries with its clamor,
with neither rashness to mar him nor uproar.
Neither elegance to beautify nor turbulence.
ويبْسِمُand he smiles والخطوبُwhile calamities مُكَلِّحاتٌbare their teeth
ويبْسِمُ والخطوبُ مُكَلِّحاتٌ
لهاthey have ظُفُرٌa claw تَصولُthey assail بهwith it ونابُand a fang
لها ظُفُرٌ تَصولُ به ونابُ
He smiles while calamities bare their teeth,
And he smiles while hardships are accumulating,
with a claw to strike with, and a fang.
With nails that attack and a fang.
وتَهْميand pours down كفُّهُhis palm كَرَماًgenerosity وجوداًand bounty
وتَهْمي كفُّهُ كَرَماً وجوداً
إذاwhen ما(emphatic) ضَنَّis stingy بالقَطْرِwith rain السَّحابُthe cloud
إذا ما ضَنَّ بالقَطْرِ السَّحابُ
His palm rains down generosity and bounty
His palm generously and nobly spends
when the clouds begrudge the rain.
When the clouds are miserly with their rain.
يسرُّكَgladdens you منهُin him والأيامُwhile the days غُدْرٌare treacherous
يسرُّكَ منهُ والأيامُ غُدْرٌ
وَكِيدُfirm العَهدِthe pledge يحْمَدُهpraise it الصِّحابُthe companions
وَكِيدُ العَهدِ يحْمَدُه الصِّحابُ
What gladdens you in him, though the days are treacherous,
You are pleased with him while the days are treacherous,
is his steadfast pledge, which his companions praise.
And the guile of the era is praised by comrades.
ونِعْمَand excellent is مَبيتُthe lodging طُرَّاقِof night visitors اللَّياليthe nights
ونِعْمَ مَبيتُ طُرَّاقِ اللَّيالي
إذاwhen صَفِرتْare empty منfrom المَحْلِdrought الوطابُthe milk-skins
إذا صَفِرتْ من المَحْلِ الوطابُ
And what an excellent lodging for night visitors,
And a nice night stay for one who keeps night vigils
when drought has emptied the milk-skins.
When the tents whiten from the encampment.
وزيرٌa minister لاnot يُقاسُcan be compared بهِwith him وزيرٌa minister
وزيرٌ لا يُقاسُ بهِ وزيرٌ
هوhe السَّلْسالُsweet flowing water والقومُand the others السَّرابُthe mirage
هو السَّلْسالُ والقومُ السَّرابُ
A minister with whom no minister can compare:
A minister no minister can match,
he is sweet, flowing water; the others are a mirage.
He is the chain and the people are mirage.
إذاif ما(emphatic) فاخروهُthey vie with him in glory فهوَthen he is نَجْمٌa star
إذا ما فاخروهُ فهوَ نَجْمٌ
مُضيءٌradiant ثاقبٌpiercing وهُمُwhile they التُّرابُdust
مُضيءٌ ثاقبٌ وهُمُ التُّرابُ
If they vie with him in glory, he is a star,
When they pride themselves he is a star,
radiant and piercing, while they are dust.
Radiant, piercing, and they are dust.
قديمُancient عُلاًin glory تَقَيَّلَهُhas emulated it حَديثٌnew
قديمُ عُلاً تَقَيَّلَهُ حَديثٌ
وطابَand noble is السَّعيthe striving منهُfrom him والنِّصابُand the lineage
وطابَ السَّعي منهُ والنِّصابُ
Ancient glory, emulated by new glory,
Ancient in nobility which modernity makes weighty,
and noble are his striving and his lineage.
And the effort was wholesome and the gains good.
بهin him الآباءُthe forefathers تَفْخَرُtake pride والمَعاليand lofty virtues
به الآباءُ تَفْخَرُ والمَعالي
وصوْبُand the downpour القَطْرِof rain والدهُits father السَّحابthe cloud
وصوْبُ القَطْرِ والدهُ السَّحاب
His forefathers and lofty virtues take pride in him,
The forefathers take pride in him and the dignitaries,
and the pouring rain has the cloud for its father.
As well as the targeting of the rain cloud and its pouring.
بأبْلَجَin a radiant-faced man لاnot يَنامُsleeps علىwith اضْطِغانٍrancor
بأبْلَجَ لا يَنامُ على اضْطِغانٍ
ولاnor يُفْنيexhausts بَسالَتَهُhis valor احْتِرابُwarfare
ولا يُفْني بَسالَتَهُ احْتِرابُ
A radiant man who never sleeps nursing rancor,
With bright countenance that does not sleep from burden
nor does warfare exhaust his valor.
Nor does his sagacity fade from estrangement.
ولاnor يُبْليwears away بَشاشَتَهُhis cheerfulness عُلُوٌّhigh station
ولا يُبْلي بَشاشَتَهُ عُلُوٌّ
ولاnor يُدْنيbrings near مَلالَتَهُweariness of him اقْتِرابُfamiliarity
ولا يُدْني مَلالَتَهُ اقْتِرابُ
High station does not wear away his cheerfulness,
Neither does his merriness wilt from aloofness
nor does familiarity breed weariness of him.
Nor does his sweetness diminish from proximity.
يَبُثُّspreads ثَناءَهُhis praise ضَيْفُthe guest الدَّياجيof dark nights
يَبُثُّ ثَناءَهُ ضَيْفُ الدَّياجي
وبالصُّبْحِand at dawn القَشاعِمُthe vultures والذِّئابُand the wolves
وبالصُّبْحِ القَشاعِمُ والذِّئابُ
The guest of dark nights spreads his praise,
The guest of the night spreads his praise,
and at dawn, the vultures and the wolves.
As well as the wolves and predators in the morning.
فيُيْتِمُand so he orphans مِنْthrough وَغاهُhis warfare ومنْand through قِراهُhis hospitality
فيُيْتِمُ مِنْ وَغاهُ ومنْ قِراهُ
أصَيْبيَةَthe little children الفَوارِسِof horsemen والسِّقابُand the male camel-calves
أصَيْبيَةَ الفَوارِسِ والسِّقابُ
Thus, through his warfare and his hospitality, he orphans
So he supports the vulnerable among his clan and neighbors,
the horsemen’s little children and the male camel-calves.
The chivalry of horsemen and archers.
دُخانٌsmoke للنُّجومِfor the stars بهِthrough it اخْتفِاءٌconcealment
دُخانٌ للنُّجومِ بهِ اخْتفِاءٌ
ونَقْعٌand dust للشموسِfor the suns بهِthrough it نِقابُa veil
ونَقْعٌ للشموسِ بهِ نِقابُ
Smoke in which the stars are hidden,
A smoke that makes the stars disappear,
and dust that lays a veil upon the suns.
And a veil that eclipses the sun.
ومَنand who مثلlike الوزيرthe minister الصَّدرthe eminent يُقْضىjudgment is given
ومَن مثل الوزير الصَّدر يُقْضى
بحُجَّتِهِby his proof إذاwhen عَزَبَis absent الصَّوابُthe right course
بحُجَّتِهِ إذا عَزَبَ الصَّوابُ
And who is like the eminent minister? Judgment is given
And who can judge like the Chief Minister
by his proof when the right course is lost.
When truth goes missing.
خَواطِرهُhis thoughts كمثْلlike ظُباهُhis sword-edges ليسَتْare not
خَواطِرهُ كمثْل ظُباهُ ليسَتْ
بنابيَةٍfailing to strike home وإِنْand even if كَثُرَgrows frequent الضِّرابُthe striking
بنابيَةٍ وإِنْ كَثُرَ الضِّرابُ
His thoughts, like his sword-edges, never
His thoughts are not like the thoughts of heedless youth,
miss their mark, however many the blows.
Though the criticism multiply.
تَدُرُّflow abundantly كمثْلِlike نائلهِhis bounty إذاwhen ما(emphatic)
تَدُرُّ كمثْلِ نائلهِ إذا ما
أبىrefuses أنْto يمْريَdraw milk from الخِلْفَthe teat العِصابthe milking-strap
أبى أنْ يمْريَ الخِلْفَ العِصاب
They flow abundantly, like his bounty, when
They roll like the rolling of his attainer if
the milking-strap fails to coax milk from the teat.
The latter refuses the followers to pass.
إذاwhen عَضُدthe support الهُدىof guidance والدينand religion أجْرىsends forth
إذا عَضُد الهُدى والدين أجْرى
عَزائمهُhis resolves إلىtoward رَوْعٍbattle تُهابُare feared
عَزائمهُ إلى رَوْعٍ تُهابُ
When ʿAḍud al-Hudā wa-l-Dīn sends forth
When he supports guidance and religion, he dictates
his resolves into battle, they inspire dread.
His decisions to frighten and astonish.
تمنَّتْهاcovet them الصَّوارِمُthe sharp swords والعَواليand lofty spears
تمنَّتْها الصَّوارِمُ والعَوالي
مَضاءًin keenness والمُسَوَّمَةُand the marked العِرابُArabian steeds
مَضاءً والمُسَوَّمَةُ العِرابُ
Sharp swords and lofty spears covet them
The swords and fighters long for it,
for their keenness, as do the marked Arabian steeds.
As well as the ones with spears.
فأجْلىand so ended الطَّرْدُthe pursuit عنin نصرٍa victory وشيكٍswift
فأجْلى الطَّرْدُ عن نصرٍ وشيكٍ
تُرَدِّدُهُecho it المَجامِعُthe gatherings والرِّحابُand the open squares
تُرَدِّدُهُ المَجامِعُ والرِّحابُ
Then the pursuit ends in a swift victory,
So he dispels disorder from a near victory
which gatherings and open squares echo.
Which the assemblies and expanses echo repeatedly.
لَميْمونِfor one blessed النَّقيبَةِin fortune والمَساعيand endeavors
لَميْمونِ النَّقيبَةِ والمَساعي
مَطالِبُهُhis aims ثَناءٌpraise أوْor ثَوابُreward
مَطالِبُهُ ثَناءٌ أوْ ثَوابُ
For one blessed in fortune and endeavors,
For his requests from the Victorious Dynasty are
whose aims are praise or reward.
Either praise or reward.
يَنوبُstands in الرَّأيُjudgment منهُfrom him عنْfor نِزالٍcombat
يَنوبُ الرَّأيُ منهُ عنْ نِزالٍ
ويُغْنيهِand suffices him عنinstead of الجيشِthe army الكِتابُthe letter
ويُغْنيهِ عن الجيشِ الكِتابُ
His judgment serves in place of combat,
Opinion from him replaces descending armies
and a letter spares him the need for an army.
And his writings make soldiers unnecessary.
صَفوحٌforgiving عنْtoward أعاديهِhis enemies إذاwhen ما(emphatic)
صَفوحٌ عنْ أعاديهِ إذا ما
غَداthere arises للْغَيظِfor anger وَقْدٌa blaze والتِهابُand a flame
غَدا للْغَيظِ وَقْدٌ والتِهابُ
He pardons his enemies even when
He pardons his enemies when
anger blazes and flares.
Rage, spite, and fury transpire.
إذاif جَحدتْهُdeny him ألْسُنُهاtheir tongues أَقَرَّتْacknowledge
إذا جَحدتْهُ ألْسُنُها أَقَرَّتْ
بنعمَتِهof his favor الضَّمائرُthe consciences والرِّقابُand the necks
بنعمَتِه الضَّمائرُ والرِّقابُ
If their tongues deny him, acknowledgment comes
If their tongues deny him their consciences and necks
of his bounty from consciences and necks.
Acknowledge his bounty.
فهُنِّىءَso may be congratulated فيin عُلاهُhis glory كلُّevery عَشْرٍten-day season
فهُنِّىءَ في عُلاهُ كلُّ عَشْرٍ
وعِيدٍand feast لارْتِحالِهُماfor their departure إيابُa return
وعِيدٍ لارْتِحالِهُما إيابُ
So may each ten-day season be congratulated on his glory,
So every family and holiday has congratulated him upon his ascendance,
and every feast, with return following their departure,
And for their departure together twice over.
مَدىthroughout الأيَّامِthe days ماas long as هَطلَتْpours rain سَماءٌthe sky
مَدى الأيَّامِ ما هَطلَتْ سَماءٌ
ومَدَّand flow بمُفْعَمِwith brimming السَّيْلِfloodwater الشِّعابُthe ravines
ومَدَّ بمُفْعَمِ السَّيْلِ الشِّعابُ
for all time, as long as the sky pours rain
The length of days, no rain has poured
and the ravines flow with brimming torrents.
And no wadis flooded as much.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.