فَصِرتso I became منbecause of سوءthe ill of ماwhat بُليتُI was afflicted بِهwith it
فَصِرت من سوء ما بُليتُ بِه
أكنيI give the byname أَباfather of الكلبِthe dog لاnot أَباfather of الأَسَدthe lion
أكني أَبا الكلبِ لا أَبا الأَسَد
So, because of the ill I have suffered, I have come
The ill-treatment I received made me
to call you Abu al-Kalb (Father of the Dog), not Abu al-Asad (Father of the Lion).
Call myself father of the dog, not father of the lion.
إِنif كانis رِزقيmy livelihood إِلَيكentrusted to you فارمthen cast بهwith it
إِن كان رِزقي إِلَيك فارم به
فيinto ناظِرَيthe two eyes of حَيّةa serpent عَلىon رَصَدwatch
في ناظِرَي حَيّة عَلى رَصَد
If my livelihood rests with you, then cast it
If my daily bread is in your hands, throw it
into the eyes of a serpent lying in wait.
Into the eyes of a snake lying in wait.
لَوif كنتُI had been حُرّاًfree كَماjust as زعمتَyou claimed وَقَدand already
لَو كنتُ حُرّاً كَما زعمتَ وَقَد
كَدَدتَنيyou wore me down بِالمِطالwith procrastination لَمnot أَعُدI return
كَدَدتَني بِالمِطال لَم أَعُد
Had I been free, as you claimed—and you had
Had I been free as you claimed, after
worn me down with delays—I would not have returned.
You had bowed me with oppression, I would not have returned.
لكِنَّنيbut I عُدتُI returned ثُمَّthen عدتI returned فَإِنso if
لكِنَّني عُدتُ ثُمَّ عدت فَإِن
عُدتُI return إِلىto مِثلِهاthe like of it إِذاًthen فَعُدthen return
عُدتُ إِلى مِثلِها إِذاً فَعُد
Yet I returned, then returned again; so if
But I did return, and if I return again,
I return to anything like it, then do it again.
To the like of it, then I return.
أَعتَقَنيfreed me سوءُthe harm of ماwhat أتيتَyou did منfrom الرthe… (start of 'bondage')
أَعتَقَني سوءُ ما أتيتَ من الر
رقّbondage (continued) فَياso, oh بَردَهاits coolness عَلىupon كَبديmy liver
رقّ فَيا بَردَها عَلى كَبدي
The harm of what you did freed me from
The evil you did freed me
bondage—oh, how cool it feels upon my liver!
From the chains on my liver, O coolness to my heart!
فَصِرتُso I became عَبداًa slave لِلسوءِto the evil فيكَin you وَماand not
فَصِرتُ عَبداً لِلسوءِ فيكَ وَما
أُحسِنَwas done kindly سوءٌevil قَبليbefore me عَلىto أَحَدanyone
أُحسِنَ سوءٌ قَبلي عَلى أَحَد
So I became a slave to the evil in you; never
So I became a slave to evil through you, and never
before me had evil been done so kindly to anyone.
Did evil treat anyone so well before me.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.