للهto God, in praise نعمhow excellent مهذبٍa cultivated man باهتtook pride بهِin him
لله نعم مهذبٍ باهت بهِ
حمصٌHoms ونورand the light الفضلexcellence عنهُfrom him يبينُshines forth
حمصٌ ونور الفضل عنهُ يبينُ
God be praised—what a fine, cultivated man, in whom
God's blessings are refined and manifest
Homs takes pride, and from whom the light of excellence shines!
A wheat grain whose merit's light shines clear
لاno غروwonder اذsince فاقhe surpassed البديعal-Badiʿ فإنهfor he is
لا غرو اذ فاق البديع فإنه
شهمa noble man علىover دررpearls البديعrhetorical art أمينa faithful guardian
شهم على درر البديع أمين
No wonder he surpassed al-Badiʿ, for he is
No wonder it surpasses the sublime
A noble man, a faithful guardian of the pearls of rhetorical art.
For it holds dear the gems of the sublime
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.