جَنىbrought harm اِبنُa man of سِتّينَsixty years عَلىupon نَفسِهِhimself
جَنى اِبنُ سِتّينَ عَلى نَفسِهِ
بِالوَلَدِthrough the child الحادِثِnewborn ماwhat لاnot يُحِبّhe likes
بِالوَلَدِ الحادِثِ ما لا يُحِبّ
A man of sixty has brought upon himself
The son of a sixty year old reproached himself
Through his newborn child what he does not want.
For the newborn child he did not like
تَقولُsays عِرسُthe wife of الشَيخِthe old man فيin نَفسِهاherself
تَقولُ عِرسُ الشَيخِ في نَفسِها
لاmay ... not كُنتَyou were ياO شَرَّworst خَليلٍcompanion صُحِبwas befriended
لا كُنتَ يا شَرَّ خَليلٍ صُحِب
The old man's wife says to herself:
The old man's wife said to herself
"May you be no more, O worst companion ever had!"
I wish you were not, O evil companion
أَنفَعُmore useful مِنهُthan he عِندَهاin her eyes بُرجُدٌa cloak
أَنفَعُ مِنهُ عِندَها بُرجُدٌ
أَذهَبَdrove away قُرّاًcold أَوor سِقاءٌa waterskin سُحِبwas dragged
أَذهَبَ قُرّاً أَو سِقاءٌ سُحِب
In her eyes, a cloak is more useful than he—
More useful to her than him is a flea
One that drove away the cold—or a waterskin dragged along.
That took away dryness or drew water
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.