أَلاAh! مَنwho لِمَولىًfor a kinsman لاnot يَزالُceases كَأَنَّهُas though he were
أَلا مَن لِمَولىً لا يَزالُ كَأَنَّهُ
صَفاًa smooth rock فيهin it صَدعٌa fissure لاnot يُدانيهِapproaches it شاعِبa mender
صَفاً فيه صَدعٌ لا يُدانيهِ شاعِب
Ah, who can deal with a kinsman who is forever like
Alas! He who has a Master that never fails
a smooth rock with a fissure no mender can reach?
Is like a cleft on a mountain none can scale.
تَدِبُّcreep ضِبابُspiny-tailed lizards الغِشِّdeceit تَحتَbeneath ضُلوعِهِhis ribs
تَدِبُّ ضِبابُ الغِشِّ تَحتَ ضُلوعِهِ
لِأَهلِfor the people of النَدىgenerosity مِنamong قَومِهِhis people بِالعقارِبِwith scorpions
لِأَهلِ النَدى مِن قَومِهِ بِالعقارِبِ
The lizards of deceit creep beneath his ribs,
The mists of darkness creep into his heart
against the generous among his people, along with scorpions.
With venom, toward his kinsmen, on their part.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.