إنif رقىascended سُلَّمَthe ladder الفضائلِthe virtues راقٍa climber
إن رقى سُلَّمَ الفضائلِ راقٍ
فيهin him عُجبٌconceit بهin him تمامُfulfillment شروطِهْits requirements
فيه عُجبٌ به تمامُ شروطِهْ
If a climber ascends the ladder of virtues,
If he climbed the ladder of virtues high
With conceit in him and all its requirements fulfilled in him,
In it is wonder with its perfect rungs
جذبتهpulled him يدthe hand التجاريبthe trials يَهويhe plunges
جذبته يد التجاريب يَهوي
فكأنso it is as though الصعودthe ascent شرطُthe condition هبوطهْhis descent
فكأن الصعود شرطُ هبوطهْ
The hand of trials pulls him down headlong,
drew him the hand of experience to fall
As though ascent were the condition of his descent.
As though the ascent condition of descent
فكماso just as سرَّناdelighted us صعودُthe ascent تُقاهُhis piety
فكما سرَّنا صعودُ تُقاهُ
ساءناgrieved us اليومَtoday شرُّthe evil سقوطهْhis fall
ساءنا اليومَ شرُّ سقوطهْ
Just as the ascent of his piety delighted us,
So as his rise gladdened us before
Today the evil of his fall has grieved us.
His fall today saddens and stings
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.