جادَwatered generously الحياthe rain كُلَّevery رَوضٍgarden فيin طَرابُلسِTripoli
جادَ الحيا كُلَّ رَوضٍ في طَرابُلسِ
يَنمtells عَنof رَوضِa garden of فَضلٍexcellence عاطرِfragrant of النَفَسِbreath
يَنم عَن رَوضِ فَضلٍ عاطرِ النَفَسِ
May rain water every garden in Tripoli
The conditions of life have adorned every garden in Tripoli,
That bespeaks a garden of excellence, fragrant of breath.
Indicating a fragrant garden of superior virtue,
رَوضٌa garden سَقَتwatered سُحُبُthe clouds of العِرفانِknowledge مَنبَتَهُits soil
رَوضٌ سَقَت سُحُبُ العِرفانِ مَنبَتَهُ
بِكُلwith every وَدَقrain shower هتونِpouring down الدُرِّpearls مُنبَجِسِgushing forth
بِكُل وَدَق هتونِ الدُرِّ مُنبَجِسِ
A garden whose soil the clouds of knowledge have watered
A garden whose growth the clouds of divine knowledge have watered
With every gushing shower, pouring down pearls.
With droplets of flowing pearls like dewdrops.
نَمىit grew وَطالَand rose high فَأَحياso it revived كُلَّevery باديةٍwilderness
نَمى وَطالَ فَأَحيا كُلَّ باديةٍ
فَماso not نُباليwe care بِجَدبِabout the barrenness of المَرَبعِthe pasture اليَبِسِparched
فَما نُبالي بِجَدبِ المَرَبعِ اليَبِسِ
It grew and rose, bringing every wilderness to life;
It has grown and become tall, reviving every desert,
So we care nothing for the barrenness of the parched pasture.
So we do not care about the barren, arid plain.
لِلّهِto God (expressing admiration) جَمعيةٌa society صَحَّتproved sound وَقَدand indeed جَمَعَتhas gathered
لِلّهِ جَمعيةٌ صَحَّت وَقَد جَمَعَت
فيin سلكِهاits thread كُلّevery نَدبٍnoble man بارعٍaccomplished نَدِسِdiscerning
في سلكِها كُلّ نَدبٍ بارعٍ نَدِسِ
What a splendid society, soundly established, which has gathered
God has established an association which has been successful and united
Upon its thread every noble, accomplished, discerning man,
Within its ranks every skillful, elite archer,
مِنfrom كُلِّevery ساهرِone keeping vigil لِيلٍnight جُلّthe chief part of بُغيتِهِhis desire
مِن كُلِّ ساهرِ لِيلٍ جُلّ بُغيتِهِ
فيin كُنَّسِretreating ones النَجمِthe stars لاnot الآرامَthe gazelles فيin الكنسِthe coverts
في كُنَّسِ النَجمِ لا الآرامَ في الكنسِ
From among all night-watchers whose chief desire
Of every night watcher whose only ambition
Lies among the retreating stars, not the gazelles in their coverts.
Is in the assemblies of the stars, not in churches.
قَومٌa people وجوهُهُمtheir faces تَجلوdispel الظَلامَthe darkness وَمِنand from
قَومٌ وجوهُهُم تَجلو الظَلامَ وَمِن
أَفكارِهِمtheir thoughts تَتَتارىcome in succession الشُهبُthe shooting stars فيin الغَلَسِthe pre-dawn gloom
أَفكارِهِم تَتَتارى الشُهبُ في الغَلَسِ
A people whose faces dispel the darkness, and from
They are a people whose faces illuminate the darkness, and
Their thoughts, shooting stars stream in succession through the pre-dawn gloom.
From their ideas, meteors flash through the gloom,
تَجريflow الفَوائدُthe benefits مِنfrom أَقلامِهِمtheir pens وَبِهاand through them
تَجري الفَوائدُ مِن أَقلامِهِم وَبِها
نالَobtained العِطاشُthe thirsty مَعيناًflowing water غَيرَnot مُحتَبِسِheld back
نالَ العِطاشُ مَعيناً غَيرَ مُحتَبِسِ
Benefits flow from their pens, and through them
Benefits flow from their pens, and through them
The thirsty have gained flowing water, unimpeded.
The thirsty have attained an unstinting spring,
رِيٌّthirst-quenching لِكُلِّfor every صَدthirsty person روحrelief لِذيfor one with كَمَدٍgrief
رِيٌّ لِكُلِّ صَد روح لِذي كَمَدٍ
غُنمٌgain لملتَمِسٍfor a seeker نورٌlight لمقتبِسِfor one seeking a flame
غُنمٌ لملتَمِسٍ نورٌ لمقتبِسِ
Thirst-quenching for every thirsty one, relief for the grieving,
A meadow for every enthusiast, a spirit for the despondent,
Gain for the seeker, light for one seeking a flame.
Sustenance for the seeker, light for the igniter.
قَدindeed جَددواthey renewed نَضرَةَthe freshness of العلمِlearning القَديمةِancient فيin
قَد جَددوا نَضرَةَ العلمِ القَديمةِ في
عَصرٍan age نَراهُwe see it يُباهيrivals in glory عَصرَthe age of أَندَلُسِal-Andalus
عَصرٍ نَراهُ يُباهي عَصرَ أَندَلُسِ
They have renewed the ancient bloom of learning in
They have renewed the lost vitality of ancient knowledge in
An age we see vying in glory with the age of al-Andalus,
An era we see competing with the era of Andalusia,
فيin بَلدَةٍa town لِمَعاليfor the heights of فَخرِهاits glory أَثرٌa trace
في بَلدَةٍ لِمَعالي فَخرِها أَثرٌ
ماnot زالَceased فيin كُلِّevery عَصرٍage غَيرَnot مُندَرِسِeffaced
ما زالَ في كُلِّ عَصرٍ غَيرَ مُندَرِسِ
In a town where the heights of its glory have left a trace
In a city whose glories have an influence
That has remained uneffaced through every age.
That has persisted elevated in every age,
طالَتit rose high فَماso not طاوَلَتهاrivaled it in height فيin فَضائِلِهاits virtues
طالَت فَما طاوَلَتها في فَضائِلِها
مَدينةa city مِنfrom بِلادthe lands of العُربِthe Arabs وَالفُرسِand the Persians
مَدينة مِن بِلاد العُربِ وَالفُرسِ
It rose high, and was not rivaled in its virtues
It has endured so that no Arab or Persian city
By any city in the lands of the Arabs and Persians.
Has paralleled it in its virtues,
فَقُلso say لِمَنto whoever رامَsought أَرِّخrecord the date نَدّهاits equal طَمَعاًout of ambition
فَقُل لِمَن رامَ أَرِّخ نَدّها طَمَعاً
قَدindeed قَصَّرَتfell short كُلevery مِصرٍcity عَنof طَرابُلُسِTripoli
قَد قَصَّرَت كُل مِصرٍ عَن طَرابُلُسِ
So tell whoever ambitiously seeks its equal—record the date:
Say to whoever intends to date its glory out of greed
Every city has indeed fallen short of Tripoli.
That every civilization falls short of Tripoli.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.