ياO صاحِfriend دعleave مُدنفاًa gravely ill man قدalready لَجَّpersisted obstinately فيin عَنَقِهhis headlong pace
يا صاحِ دع مُدنفاً قد لَجَّ في عَنَقِه
وَدَعand leave هِلالَthe crescent الضحىthe forenoon إنif بانَappeared فيin أفقِهits horizon
وَدَع هِلالَ الضحى إن بانَ في أفقِه
O friend, leave a gravely ill man who has persisted in his headlong course.
O friend, leave the obstinate fool with a noose around his neck,
And leave the forenoon crescent, if it appears on its horizon.
And leave the crescent moon be, even if it appears on the horizon,
وانظرand look إلىat لحيةِthe beard of الطمشيشِal-Tamshish بارِزَةًjutting out
وانظر إلى لحيةِ الطمشيشِ بارِزَةً
حَمراءَred ضافيَةًluxuriant دَلَّتrevealed علىindicating حُمُقِهhis foolishness
حَمراءَ ضافيَةً دَلَّت على حُمُقِه
And look at al-Tamshish's beard, jutting out—
And look at the beard of the old fool, sticking out,
Red and luxuriant, it revealed his foolishness.
Red and dripping, indicating his stupidity,
كأنَّماas though سَرَقَstole from الفَرَّانُthe baker جارَتَهُhis female neighbor
كأنَّما سَرَقَ الفَرَّانُ جارَتَهُ
دِيكاًa rooster فَعَلَّقَهُso he hung it القَاضيthe judge إلىto عُنقِهhis neck
دِيكاً فَعَلَّقَهُ القَاضي إلى عُنقِه
As though the baker had stolen from his female neighbor
As if the baker stole his neighbor's rooster,
A rooster, and the judge had then hung it around his neck.
So the judge hanged it around his neck.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.