ياO سخنburning with grief العينthe eye التيwho لمdid not تزلcease
يا سخن العين التي لم تزل
تعيشlive فيamong الناسpeople بلاwithout عقلِsense
تعيش في الناس بلا عقلِ
O you whose eye burns with grief, who have never ceased
O burning of the eye that never ceased
to live among people without sense.
To live in people without reason
إنif لمnot تزنweigh نفسكyourself مستأنفاًanew
إن لم تزن نفسك مستأنفاً
والخوفand fear بينbetween القولspeech والفعلand action
والخوف بين القول والفعل
If you do not weigh yourself anew,
If you do not weigh your soul anew
with fear between word and deed,
And fear lies between word and deed
حلwill befall بيافوخكupon the crown of your head منيfrom me الذيthat which
حل بيافوخك مني الذي
يحلbefalls يومon the day of العيدthe feast بالطبلupon the drum
يحل يوم العيد بالطبل
the crown of your head will suffer at my hands what
My congratulations come to you
the drum suffers on the feast day.
As drums come on feast day
لاdo not تجهلact insolently اليومtoday علىtoward منone who لهhas
لا تجهل اليوم على من له
معرفةٌknowledge بالعقلof reason والجهلand folly
معرفةٌ بالعقل والجهل
Do not act insolently today toward one who has
Do not act ignorant today of him
knowledge of reason and folly:
Who knows reason and ignorance
فتىa young man وإنand even if زلتslipped بهwith him نعلهُhis sandal
فتى وإن زلت به نعلهُ
أصفعmost given to slapping خلقcreatures of اللهGod بالنعلwith a sandal
أصفع خلق الله بالنعل
a young man who, even if his sandal makes him slip,
Young man, if his slipper slips
is the greatest sandal-slapper among God's creatures.
He will slap the people with his slipper
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.