الدَهرُTime يَصمُتُis silent وَهوَand it أَبلَغُmore eloquent ناطِقٍspeaker
الدَهرُ يَصمُتُ وَهوَ أَبلَغُ ناطِقٍ
مِنthan موجِزٍa concise speaker نَدُسٍastute وَمِنand than ثَرثارِa chatterbox
مِن موجِزٍ نَدُسٍ وَمِن ثَرثارِ
Time is silent, yet it is a more eloquent speaker
Time is silent, yet more eloquent than
than an astute man of few words or a chatterbox.
The concise, eloquent, and the garrulous.
يَمشيwalks عَلىon قَدَمَينِtwo feet مِنof ظَلمائِهِits darkness
يَمشي عَلى قَدَمَينِ مِن ظَلمائِهِ
وَنَهارِهِand its daylight ماnot هَمَّتاthe two contemplated بِعِثارِstumbling
وَنَهارِهِ ما هَمَّتا بِعِثارِ
It walks on two feet, formed of its darkness
It walks on two legs of its darkness and days
and its daylight; neither has ever thought of stumbling.
That never stumble or falter.
ضَنَّتwere miserly يَداهُits two hands وَتِلكَand that مِنهُin it سَجيَّةٌan innate trait
ضَنَّت يَداهُ وَتِلكَ مِنهُ سَجيَّةٌ
أَنto تُجرِياtreat (the two hands) أَحَداًanyone عَلىwith الإيثارِspecial favor
أَن تُجرِيا أَحَداً عَلى الإيثارِ
Its hands are miserly—and that is its nature—
Its hands are folded - such is its nature -
unwilling to treat anyone with special favor.
Never to enrich anyone.
وَالعَيشُand life ضِدُّthe opposite of القولِspeech يَحمَدُis praised طولُهُits length
وَالعَيشُ ضِدُّ القولِ يَحمَدُ طولُهُ
وَيُذَمُّand is blamed هاديthe guide of القومِthe people فيfor الإِكثارِexcessive talking
وَيُذَمُّ هادي القومِ في الإِكثارِ
And life is the opposite of speech: its length is praised,
Life contradicts words, its length praised,
while the people's guide is blamed for speaking too much.
While the leader of multitudes is blamed for excess.
وَالسَيلُand the torrent إِنif بَعَثَbrought forth النَباتَplants مِنَfrom الثِرىthe moist earth
وَالسَيلُ إِن بَعَثَ النَباتَ مِنَ الثِرى
فَلَهُyet it has بِحَظرِكَupon your enclosure سيّءُharmful الآثارِeffects
فَلَهُ بِحَظرِكَ سيّءُ الآثارِ
And if the torrent brings forth plants from the moist earth,
Though floods make plants sprout from the soil
it nonetheless leaves harmful traces upon your enclosure.
Their damage makes you forbid them.
قَتَلَتكُمُhas slain you all الدُنِّياthe world فَهَلso is there مِنany قائِمٍone who rises
قَتَلَتكُمُ الدُنِّيا فَهَل مِن قائِمٍ
فيagainst أُمُّكُمyour mother يُرضيgives satisfaction بِمَطلَبِby seeking ثارِvengeance
في أُمُّكُم يُرضي بِمَطلَبِ ثارِ
The world has slain you; is there anyone to rise
The world slayed you - is there one who'll stand
against your mother and give satisfaction by seeking vengeance?
In your mother's defense, seeking vengeance?
نُوَبٌcalamities تَسورُleap عَلىupon اِبنِthe son of آدَمَAdam خِلتُهاI imagined them
نُوَبٌ تَسورُ عَلى اِبنِ آدَمَ خِلتُها
صُيُداًhunting hounds حُثِثنَwere urged on عَلىagainst أَغَنَّa nasal-voiced gazelle مُثارِroused
صُيُداً حُثِثنَ عَلى أَغَنَّ مُثارِ
Calamities leap upon the son of Adam; I imagined them
Sins besiege the son of Adam, urging him
as hunting hounds urged against a roused, nasal-voiced gazelle.
Like well-trained hounds after helpless prey.
وَإِذاand when تَقَضَّتhas elapsed ساعَةٌan hour بِلُبانَةٍwith a wish fulfilled
وَإِذا تَقَضَّت ساعَةٌ بِلُبانَةٍ
فَكَأَنَّthen it is as though فائِتَهاits vanished portion لَبونُmilk-giving camels دِثارِDithār
فَكَأَنَّ فائِتَها لَبونُ دِثارِ
And when an hour passes with a wish fulfilled,
When an hour passes with dissolution
its vanished span is like Dithār's milch camels.
It's as if its fleeting is the fraying of robes.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.