قَدalready غَدَتِwent forth at dawn النَحلُthe bees إِلىto نورِهاtheir blossoms
قَد غَدَتِ النَحلُ إِلى نورِها
وَيحَكِalas for you ياO نَحلُbees لِمَنfor whom تَكسِبينyou earn
وَيحَكِ يا نَحلُ لِمَن تَكسِبين
The bees have gone forth at dawn to their blossoms.
The bees have come to their hive,
Alas for you, O bees! For whom do you earn?
Buzzing bee, for whom do you toil?
يُجيءُcomes مُشتارٌa honey-gatherer بِآلاتِهِwith his tools
يُجيءُ مُشتارٌ بِآلاتِهِ
فَيَلسَبُso he licks الأَريَthe honey وَلاand not تَلسِبينyou sting
فَيَلسَبُ الأَريَ وَلا تَلسِبين
A honey-gatherer comes with his tools.
The tax collector comes with his tools,
So he licks the honey, and you do not sting.
He takes the honey and you take nothing.
أَتَحسَبينَdo you reckon? العُمرَthe lifespan عِلماًwith knowledge بِهِof it
أَتَحسَبينَ العُمرَ عِلماً بِهِ
لاno بَلrather تَعيشينَyou live وَلاand not تَحسَبينyou reckon
لا بَل تَعيشينَ وَلا تَحسَبين
Do you reckon your lifespan with knowledge of it?
Do you think life is about knowledge?
No, rather you live and do not reckon.
No, you live yet reckon nothing.
هَلquestion marker لَكِfor you بِالآباءِof the forefathers مِنany خِبرَةٍknowledge
هَل لَكِ بِالآباءِ مِن خِبرَةٍ
كَمhow many والِدٍa father فيin زَمَنٍa span of time تَنسِبينyou trace your lineage
كَم والِدٍ في زَمَنٍ تَنسِبين
Have you any knowledge of your forefathers?
What news do you have of ancestors?
How many fathers, over time, do you trace your lineage to?
How many fathers' times do you trace?
أَتَحسَبينَdo you suppose? الدَهرَTime ذاpossessed of غَفلَةٍheedlessness
أَتَحسَبينَ الدَهرَ ذا غَفلَةٍ
هَيهاتَfar from it ماnot الأَمرُthe matter كَماas تَحسَبينyou suppose
هَيهاتَ ما الأَمرُ كَما تَحسَبين
Do you suppose Time to be heedless?
Do you think time is forgetful?
Far from it! Things are not as you suppose.
Alas, things are not as you reckon.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.