عجباًhow astonishing! عجبتُI marveled لغفلةِat the heedlessness of الإنسانِman
عجباً عجبتُ لغفلةِ الإنسانِ
قطعَhe spent الحياةَlife بغرةٍin heedlessness وتوانيand indolence
قطعَ الحياةَ بغرةٍ وتواني
How astonishing! I marveled at man's heedlessness:
How strange is man's ignorance
He spent his life in heedlessness and indolence.
Cutting short his life without delay
فكرتُI pondered فيon الدنياthe world فكانتand it was منزلاًa lodging
فكرتُ في الدنيا فكانت منزلاً
عنديin my view كبعضِlike one of منازلِstopping places الركبانِthe riders
عندي كبعضِ منازلِ الركبانِ
I pondered this world, and it proved a lodging,
I thought of this world as a dwelling
To me, like one of the riders' stopping places.
Like some of the dwellings of travelers
مجرىcourse جميعِall الخلقِcreatures فيهاwithin it واحدٌone
مجرى جميعِ الخلقِ فيها واحدٌ
وكثيرُهاand much of it وقليلُهاand little of it سيانِalike
وكثيرُها وقليلُها سيانِ
All creatures follow one course within it,
The course of all creation in it is one
And much of it and little of it are alike.
Yet much and little are the same to it
أبغيI seek الكثيرَmuch إلىin addition to الكثيرmuch مضاعفاًmultiplied
أبغي الكثيرَ إلى الكثير مضاعفاً
ولوyet if اقتصرتُI limited myself علىto القليلlittle كفانيit would have sufficed me
ولو اقتصرتُ على القليل كفاني
I seek much added to much, multiplied,
I seek much in addition to much
Yet had I contented myself with little, it would have sufficed me.
Though if I were content with little, that would suffice me
للهto God درexcellence (in praise) الوارثينthe heirs كأننيas though I
لله در الوارثين كأنني
بأخصهمwith the closest of them متبرماًvexed بمكانيat my presence
بأخصهم متبرماً بمكاني
God bless the heirs! I can almost see
Praise God for heirs! As if
The closest of them, vexed at my presence,
I envied them my place
قلقاًanxious لتجهيزيto prepare me إلىto دارِthe abode البلاdecay
قلقاً لتجهيزي إلى دارِ البلا
متحرياًseeking لكرامتيfor my honor بهوانيthrough my humiliation
متحرياً لكرامتي بهواني
Impatient to prepare me for the abode of decay,
Anxious to equip myself for the house of no return
Seeking to honor me through my humiliation,
Seeking my own honor through disgrace
متبرماًvexed منيwith me إذاwhen نشرhe spread الثرىthe earth
متبرماً مني إذا نشر الثرى
فوقيover me طوىhe folded كشحاًhis flank علىupon هجرانيforsaking me
فوقي طوى كشحاً على هجراني
Vexed with me—when he has spread the earth
Complaining if earth spreads over me
Over me, he turns his flank away, intent on forsaking me.
Folding a cheek turned away from me
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.