حازمٌresolute يسلسُbecomes pliant منfrom بعدafter الشماسِunruliness
حازمٌ يسلسُ من بعد الشماسِ
كلُّevery أمرٍmatter راضَهhe tamed it صعبdifficult المراسto handle
كلُّ أمرٍ راضَه صعب المراس
He is resolute—after its unruliness, pliant grows
The cautious one shines after the torchbearer
every hard-to-handle matter he has tamed.
Every matter that pleases him is hard to accomplish
ذوpossessed of ذَكاءٍintelligence لوif ذكاءٌintelligence رامَهُsought him
ذو ذَكاءٍ لو ذكاءٌ رامَهُ
لدعاهُwould bid it عجزُهits inability عُدreturn بأَياسwith Iyas
لدعاهُ عجزُه عُد بأَياس
Gifted with intelligence—if intelligence itself sought to match him,
With intelligence, if intelligence aims for him
its inability would bid it: 'Return with Iyas.'
His inability would call him, come back hopeless
قتلَhe thoroughly mastered الأيامَthe days خُبراًin knowledge ولهand he has
قتلَ الأيامَ خُبراً وله
قبسُa borrowed flame التجريبexperience أسنىmost radiant الاقتباسborrowing light
قبسُ التجريب أسنى الاقتباس
He knows the days through and through, and his is
He killed the days expertly, and for him
the flame of experience, the brightest borrowed light.
The light of experience is the finest source
لوif سيوفاًswords طُبعتwere forged آراؤهhis judgments
لو سيوفاً طُبعت آراؤه
لبرتthey would cleave ماwhatever أدركتthey reached حتَّىeven الرواسيthe firmly rooted mountains
لبرت ما أدركت حتَّى الرواسي
Were his judgments forged into swords,
If his opinions were forged into swords
they would cleave whatever they reached—even the firmly rooted mountains.
They would cut through all they reached, even the foundations
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.