ثكلتْwas bereaved of أمٌّa mother فَتَاهاher young son
ثكلتْ أمٌّ فَتَاها
أجْمَلَmay make gracious اللهُGod عزاهاher consolation
أجْمَلَ اللهُ عزاها
A mother has lost her young son.
A mother mourned her son
May God grant her gracious consolation.
May God grant her solace
ثَكَلَتْهُshe lost him to death رائعَsplendid in الصّحةِhealth
ثَكَلَتْهُ رائعَ الصّحةِ
مَوفوراًfully endowed قِواهاits vigor
مَوفوراً قِواها
She lost him in splendid health,
She grieved for him in full health
fully endowed with its vigor.
Abundant in his strength
مَنwho لأُمّfor a mother وبنوهاand her sons
مَن لأُمّ وبنوها
همُthey فيin الدنياthe world حُلاهاher adornments
همُ في الدنيا حُلاها
Who will stand by a mother whose sons
Who can console a mother and her sons
are her adornments in this world?
They were her adornment in life
نظمتshe strung مِنهُمُfrom them عِقداًa necklace
نظمت مِنهُمُ عِقداً
صائغٌa jeweler صاغfashioned وباهىand took pride
صائغٌ صاغ وباهى
She strung them into a necklace
I strung them as a necklace
a jeweler fashioned and took pride in.
A jeweler crafted and made it shine
هوit للشيبfor gray hair كمالٌperfection
هو للشيب كمالٌ
عقدتهshe fastened it فزهاهاso it adorned her
عقدته فزهاها
It lends perfection to gray hair;
He was the peak of old age
she fastened it, and it adorned her.
I strung him and it sparkled
حملcarried لناعيthe death-messenger (apparent misspelling) إليهاto her
حمل لناعي إليها
شَرَّthe worst ماthat which يوماًone day دهاهاbefell her
شَرَّ ما يوماً دهاها
The death-messenger brought her
Fate brought us news of him
the worst that had ever befallen her.
The worst of days has befallen
درّةٌa pearl عصماءflawless نالتdiminished
درّةٌ عصماء نالت
يدُthe hand جانٍof a wrongdoer منfrom بَهاهاits splendor
يدُ جانٍ من بَهاها
A flawless pearl was robbed
A flawless pearl was taken
of its splendor by a wrongdoer's hand.
By a treacherous hand from its luster
لألأتit glittered فيin العِقدthe necklace حتىuntil
لألأت في العِقد حتى
أطفأextinguished الموتُdeath سَنَاهاits radiance
أطفأ الموتُ سَنَاها
It glittered in the necklace until
If only it remained on the necklace
death extinguished its radiance.
Until death extinguished its light
قلsay لذاكto that النسرeagle والموتand death
قل لذاك النسر والموت
لمنfor whoever هانgrew weak وتاهاand grew proud
لمن هان وتاها
Say to that eagle—and death
Tell that eagle and death
is for whoever grows weak and proud—
Who bowed down and went astray
غَفلةُinattention الرائدof the aviator جوّاًaloft
غَفلةُ الرائد جوّاً
عَثْرةa stumble فيin منتهاهاits final outcome
عَثْرة في منتهاها
the aviator's inattention in the air
The guardian's negligence made
ends in a stumble.
Him stumble at the end of his path
ليسthere is no للقوَّةfor strength حدٌّlimit
ليس للقوَّة حدٌّ
كلُّevery نفسsoul ومداهاand its reach
كلُّ نفس ومداها
There is no limit to strength;
Power has no limit
each soul has its own reach.
Every soul has its term
كُلِّفwas charged الصانِعُthe craftsman أمراًwith a task
كُلِّف الصانِعُ أمراً
وَلَدُنْand when فازhe succeeded تنَاهاhe reached his limit
وَلَدُنْ فاز تنَاها
The craftsman was charged with a task,
The Maker was assigned a matter
and when he succeeded, he reached his limit.
He triumphed and attained it
خَلَقَcreated الآلةَthe machine وحشاًa beast
خَلَقَ الآلةَ وحشاً
فاغِراًgaping للموتfor death فاهاits mouth
فاغِراً للموت فاها
He created the machine as a beast,
He created the machine a beast
its mouth gaping for death.
With death held open in its jaws
آيةُa sign الخالقِof the Creator لماwhen
آيةُ الخالقِ لما
جَعَلَmade القوّةَstrength جاهاprestige
جَعَلَ القوّةَ جاها
A sign of the Creator, when
A sign of the Creator when
He made strength a source of prestige:
He made power mighty
شَرَحexplained الدهرُTime عليهاupon it
شَرَح الدهرُ عليها
إنindeed لِلشّرّfor evil إلهاa god
إن لِلشّرّ إلها
upon it, Time made clear
Time elucidated it
that evil has a god.
Evil surely has a god
ربَّO Lord of تلكthat الروضةٍthe garden الغنّاءِluxuriant
ربَّ تلك الروضةٍ الغنّاءِ
والموتُand death ابتلاهاafflicted it
والموتُ ابتلاها
O Lord of that luxuriant garden,
O Lord of the singing garden
which death has afflicted:
Death has tested it
وردةٌa rose إحدىone of ثلاثٍthree
وردةٌ إحدى ثلاثٍ
يُبهجdelights العينَthe eye صباهاits youth
يُبهج العينَ صباها
a rose, one of three,
A rose among three
whose youth delights the eye,
Delighting the eye in its youth
غُصِبتwas wrested away منهاfrom it لتُسلمَto be given over
غُصِبت منها لتُسلمَ
للأمانيto hopes وردتاهاits two roses
للأماني وردتاها
was wrested from it, that
Snatched away
its two roses might be given over to hope.
To fulfill desires and reach wishes
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.