صَبراًbe patient عَلىwith نُوَبِvicissitudes الزَماtime (first part)
صَبراً عَلى نُوَبِ الزَما
نِcompletes 'time' وَإِنand even if أَبىrefuses القَلبُthe heart القَريحُthe wounded
نِ وَإِن أَبى القَلبُ القَريحُ
Be patient with the vicissitudes of time,
Patience for the vicissitudes of time
even if the wounded heart refuses.
Though the heart refuses and the mind
فَلَرُبَّfor many a مُبتَسِمٍsmiling person وَقَدthough already
فَلَرُبَّ مُبتَسِمٍ وَقَد
أَخَذَتhave taken مَآخِذَهاtheir hold الجُروحُthe wounds
أَخَذَت مَآخِذَها الجُروحُ
For many a person smiles, though
For many a smiling face bears wounds
wounds have taken their toll.
Whose pain the surface never shows
يَسعىpresses onward الفَتىthe young man مُتَمادِياًpersisting
يَسعى الفَتى مُتَمادِياً
وَيَدُand the hand المَنونِof death لَهُto him تُليحُbeckons
وَيَدُ المَنونِ لَهُ تُليحُ
The young man presses ever onward,
The youth persists relentlessly
while death's hand beckons to him.
While death's hand for him waits in the wings
كَمhow many a آمِلٍhopeful person يَغدوsets out in the morning عَلىwith الthe
كَم آمِلٍ يَغدو عَلى ال
أَمَلِhope البَعيدِthe distant فَلاyet does not يَروحُreturn in the evening
أَمَلِ البَعيدِ فَلا يَروحُ
How many a hopeful man sets out at dawn with
How many a hopeful sets out
a distant hope, yet never returns at dusk.
Towards distant hopes that never come true
بَيناwhile يُشادُis being raised لَهُfor him البِناthe building
بَينا يُشادُ لَهُ البِنا
حَتّىuntil يُخَطَّis marked out لَهُfor him الضَريحُthe grave
حَتّى يُخَطَّ لَهُ الضَريحُ
No sooner is a building raised for him
While a tomb is built for him
than a grave is marked out for him.
In which his shroud will soon be stitched
لاdo not تَيأَسَنever despair مِنof أَنthat تَعوreturn (first part)
لا تَيأَسَن مِن أَن تَعو
دَcompletes 'return' عَوائِدٌblessings وَتَهُبَّand may blow ريحُa wind
دَ عَوائِدٌ وَتَهُبَّ ريحُ
Never lose hope that there may return
Despair not that old friends
blessings, and that a wind may blow.
Will return and the winds shift again
قَدmay يَسقُطُfall العَودُthe old camel الجَليthe hardy (first part)
قَد يَسقُطُ العَودُ الجَلي
دُcompletes 'hardy' وَيَنهَضُand rises النَضوُthe emaciated camel الطَليحُthe exhausted
دُ وَيَنهَضُ النَضوُ الطَليحُ
The hardy old camel may fall,
The old branch may break and fall
and the lean, exhausted one rise,
But the young shoot rises fresh and green
وَيُفَرِّجُand dispels الغَمّاءَthe dire distress يَحgrows cramped (first part)
وَيُفَرِّجُ الغَمّاءَ يَح
رَجُcompletes 'grows cramped' عِندَهاin its presence العَطَنُthe camels' resting ground الفَسيحُthe spacious
رَجُ عِندَها العَطَنُ الفَسيحُ
and dispel the dire distress
The clouds will part to reveal
before which the spacious resting ground grows cramped.
Blue skies and fresh, open spaces
وَلِكُلِّand for every شَيءٍthing آخِرٌan end
وَلِكُلِّ شَيءٍ آخِرٌ
إِمّاeither جَميلٌbeautiful أَوor قَبيحُugly
إِمّا جَميلٌ أَو قَبيحُ
And everything has an end,
For everything there is an end
either beautiful or ugly.
Either beautiful or ugly
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.