الفَيلَسوفُthe philosopher بَيعَينِهِin his very person أَناI وَالَّذيand he who
الفَيلَسوفُ بَيعَينِهِ أَنا وَالَّذي
يَبغيseeks اليَقينَcertainty بِظَنِّهِthrough his conjecture مُتَفَلسِفُa would-be philosopher
يَبغي اليَقينَ بِظَنِّهِ مُتَفَلسِفُ
I am the philosopher himself; and he who
The philosopher with his two eyes am I; he
seeks certainty through his conjecture is a would-be philosopher.
Who strives for certainty with his opinion is sophistic
قَدindeed أَثبَتَhas established التَصديقَassent نَفيُnegation of تَصَوُّريmy conception
قَد أَثبَتَ التَصديقَ نَفيُ تَصَوُّري
مَعنىًa meaning سِواهُother than him بِالتَصَوُّرِthrough conception يوصَفُis described
مَعنىً سِواهُ بِالتَصَوُّرِ يوصَفُ
Assent has been established by negating my conception
Affirmation of belief has refuted my conceiving
of any meaning other than him that can be described in thought.
A meaning other than Himself through conceiving
لَمdid not يَعرِفِknow العَقلُthe intellect البَسيطُsimple جَمالَهُhis beauty
لَم يَعرِفِ العَقلُ البَسيطُ جَمالَهُ
لَوif لَمhad not إِلَيهِto him بِوَصفِهِthrough his description يَتَعَرَّفُbecomes acquainted
لَو لَم إِلَيهِ بِوَصفِهِ يَتَعَرَّفُ
The simple intellect would not have known his beauty,
Intellect uncompounded knew not His beauty
had it not come to know him through his description.
Unless to Him in His attributes it referred
لَيسَis not النَديمُthe boon companion لِحَبِّهِto his beloved كَمُتَيَّمٍlike one enslaved by love
لَيسَ النَديمُ لِحَبِّهِ كَمُتَيَّمٍ
عانٍa captive لِأَخبارِfor tidings of الهَوىpassion يَتَشَوَّفُyearns
عانٍ لِأَخبارِ الهَوى يَتَشَوَّفُ
His beloved’s boon companion is not like one enslaved by love—
A companion in his love is not like one suffering from love's pain
a captive yearning for tidings of passion.
Yearning for news of passion with longing
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.