لاdo not تبكweep معاشرcompanions أنأواhave gone far away أوor ألفاa dear friend
لا تبك معاشر أنأوا أو ألفا
القومthe people مضواhave departed ونحنand we نأتيcome خلفاin their wake
القوم مضوا ونحن نأتي خلفا
Do not weep for companions who have gone far away, or for a dear friend.
Do not cry, O people, for those departed
The people have departed, and we come in their wake.
The people left, and we come after
بالمهلةafter a delay أوor تعاقبsuccession نتبعهمwe follow them
بالمهلة أو تعاقب نتبعهم
كالعطفlike conjunction بثمwith thumma ('then') أوor كعطفlike conjunction بالفاwith fāʾ ('and then')
كالعطف بثم أو كعطف بالفا
After a delay or in succession, we follow them,
In due time we follow in their steps
Like conjunction with thumma ('then'), or conjunction with fāʾ ('and then').
Like cloves in sequence or rhyming couplets
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.