لولاwere it not for الترفّعُholding oneself above عنfrom قولِuttering الهجاءِsatirical abuse غدتْwould have become
لولا الترفّعُ عن قولِ الهجاءِ غدتْ
هِيمُthirst-maddened ones القصائدِthe poems فيin أعراضِكمyour reputations تَرِدُcome to drink
هِيمُ القصائدِ في أعراضِكم تَرِدُ
Were I not above uttering satire,
Were it not for disdaining slanderous speech
thirst-maddened poems would have come to drink at your honor.
The poems would have roamed your honor and paid heed
مازلتُI kept أسلِفكمI give you in advance حمديmy praise وأمنحكمand I grant you
مازلتُ أسلِفكم حمدي وأمنحكم
وُدّيmy affection وأُسرِفُand I am lavish فيin وجديmy ardor وأجتهدُand I strive
وُدّي وأُسرِفُ في وجدي وأجتهدُ
I kept advancing you my praise and granting you
I continued to credit you with praise and gift you
my affection, lavishing my ardor and striving my utmost,
My love and put great effort into my passion
حتىuntil أتيْتمyou came بهاwith it شَنعاءَhideous فاضحةًdisgraceful
حتى أتيْتم بها شَنعاءَ فاضحةً
لاnot ينقَضيceases عارُهاits shame أوuntil ينقضيends الأبدُeternity
لا ينقَضي عارُها أو ينقضي الأبدُ
until you committed that hideous, disgraceful deed,
Until you came up with an abhorrently revealing one
whose shame will not cease until eternity itself ends.
Whose shame will not expire nor will time end
هَبنيsuppose I عذرتُكمexcused you فيهاfor it أتعذِرُكمwould they excuse you?
هَبني عذرتُكم فيها أتعذِرُكم
محارمُsacred bonds الوُدِّof friendship والأقوامُand the peoples والبلدُand the land
محارمُ الوُدِّ والأقوامُ والبلدُ
Suppose I excused you for it—would you be excused
I made excuses for you regarding it and excused you
by friendship's sacred bonds, the peoples, and the land?
Sanctities of love, clan, and homeland
أسلمتُموناyou surrendered us لريبِto the calamities of الدهرِtime يأكلُناit devours us
أسلمتُمونا لريبِ الدهرِ يأكلُنا
وفيكمwhile among you المالُwealth والأهلونَand kinsfolk والولدُand children
وفيكم المالُ والأهلونَ والولدُ
You surrendered us to time's calamities, which devour us,
You left us to the vicissitudes of time to consume us
while you have wealth, kin, and children.
While among you is wealth, family, and children
هَيهاتَfar from it! لنwill not تلفحواyou scorch (likely a typo for 'you prosper') منfrom بعدِهاafter it أبداًever
هَيهاتَ لن تلفحوا من بعدِها أبداً
أبعدَafter ...? صُحبتناour companionship يرجوكُمplaces hope in you أحَدُanyone
أبعدَ صُحبتنا يرجوكُم أحَدُ
Far from it! After this, you will never prosper again (reading an apparent typo).
Alas, never again after it will you be touched
After our companionship, will anyone place their hopes in you?
No one hopes for your company after our fellowship
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.