كُلُّevery حَيٍّliving being سَيَمُوتُwill die
كُلُّ حَيٍّ سَيَمُوتُ
لَيْسَthere is no فِيin الدُّنياthe world ثُبُوتُpermanence
لَيْسَ فِي الدُّنيا ثُبُوتُ
Every living being will die.
Every living being will die
There is no permanence in this world.
There is no permanence in this world
حَرَكَاتٌmovements سَوْفَwill تَفْنَىperish
حَرَكَاتٌ سَوْفَ تَفْنَى
ثُمَّthen يَتْلُوهاfollows them خُفُوتُa hush
ثُمَّ يَتْلُوها خُفُوتُ
Movements will perish,
Movements that will vanish
then a hush will follow them.
Then silence follows
وَكلامٌand speech لَيْسَnot يَحْلُوis sweet
وَكلامٌ لَيْسَ يَحْلُو
بَعْدَهُafter it إِلَّاexcept السُّكُوتُsilence
بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا السُّكُوتُ
And speech—nothing is sweet
Words that are not sweet
after it but silence.
After it only quietness
أَيُّهاO السَّادِرُheedless one قُلْtell لِيto me
أَيُّها السَّادِرُ قُلْ لِي
أَيْنَwhere ذَاكَthat الْجَبَرُوتُoverbearing might
أَيْنَ ذَاكَ الْجَبَرُوتُ
O heedless one, tell me:
O you who pours out drink, tell me
where is that overbearing might?
Where is that omnipotence?
كُنْتُI was مَطْبُوعاًnaturally disposed عَلَىto النُّطْspeech (first part)
كُنْتُ مَطْبُوعاً عَلَى النُّطْ
قِ(completes 'speech') فَمَاso what هَذَاthis الصُّمُوتُsilence
قِ فَمَا هَذَا الصُّمُوتُ
I was naturally inclined to speech—
I was printing on the forehead
so what is this silence?
So what is this silence?
لَيْتَwould that شِعْرِيmy knowledge أَهُمُودٌis it lifeless stillness?
لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَهُمُودٌ
مَاwhat أَرَاهُI see it أَمْor قُنُوتُdevout submission
مَا أَرَاهُ أَمْ قُنُوتُ
Would that I knew: is it lifeless stillness
I wish I knew is it deep sleep
that I see, or devout submission?
That I see or prayer?
أَيْنَwhere أَمْلاكٌkings لَهُمْthey have فِيin
أَيْنَ أَمْلاكٌ لَهُمْ فِي
كُلِّevery أُفْقٍhorizon مَلَكُوتُdominion
كُلِّ أُفْقٍ مَلَكُوتُ
Where are the kings who had, in
Where are the angels who
every horizon, dominion?
In every horizon have a kingdom?
زَالَتِdeparted التِّيجَانُthe crowns عَنْهُمْfrom them
زَالَتِ التِّيجَانُ عَنْهُمْ
وَخَلَتْand became empty تِلْكَthose التُّخُوتُthe thrones
وَخَلَتْ تِلْكَ التُّخُوتُ
The crowns have departed from them,
The crowns have been removed from them
and those thrones stand empty.
And those adornments are empty
أَصْبَحَتْbecame أَوْطَانُهُمْtheir homelands مِنْfrom
أَصْبَحَتْ أَوْطَانُهُمْ مِنْ
بَعْدِهِمْafter them وَهْيَand they are خُبُوتُdesolate plains
بَعْدِهِمْ وَهْيَ خُبُوتُ
Their homelands have become,
Their homelands after them
after them, desolate plains.
Became desolate after they left
لاno سَمِيعٌhearer يَفْقَهُunderstands الْقَوْthe speech (first part)
لا سَمِيعٌ يَفْقَهُ الْقَوْ
لَ(completes 'the speech') وَلاand no حَيٌّliving being يَصُوتُmakes a sound
لَ وَلا حَيٌّ يَصُوتُ
No hearer understands speech,
No one understands the words
and no living being makes a sound.
Nor is anyone alive to make a sound
عَمَرَتْbecame inhabited مِنْهُمْby them قُبْورٌgraves
عَمَرَتْ مِنْهُمْ قُبْورٌ
وَخَلَتْand became empty مِنْهُمْof them بُيُوتُhouses
وَخَلَتْ مِنْهُمْ بُيُوتُ
Graves were filled with them,
Tombs were built for them
and houses stood empty of them.
And their homes left empty
لَمdid not تَذُدْward off عَنْهُمْfrom them نُحُوسَmisfortunes الدْthe (word fragment)
لَم تَذُدْ عَنْهُمْ نُحُوسَ الدْ
دَهْرِtime (word completion) إِذْwhen حَانَتْarrived بُخُوتُgood fortunes
دَهْرِ إِذْ حَانَتْ بُخُوتُ
They were not shielded from the misfortunes of
The misfortunes of time did not protect them
time—when these arrived—by good fortune.
When their glory declined
خَمَدَتْdied away تِلْكَthose الْمَسَاعِيthe endeavors
خَمَدَتْ تِلْكَ الْمَسَاعِي
وانْقَضَتْand came to an end تِلكَthose النُّعُوتُthe epithets
وانْقَضَتْ تِلكَ النُّعُوتُ
Those endeavors died away,
Those ambitions are extinguished
and those epithets came to an end.
And those reputations have ended
إِنَّماonly الدُّنْياthe world خَيَالٌa phantom
إِنَّما الدُّنْيا خَيَالٌ
بَاطِلٌvain سَوْفَwill يَفُوتُpass away
بَاطِلٌ سَوْفَ يَفُوتُ
The world is only a phantom,
Indeed, the world is an illusion
a vain thing that will pass away.
Futile, it will pass
لَيْسَthere is no لِلإِنْسانِfor humankind فِيهَاin it
لَيْسَ لِلإِنْسانِ فِيهَا
غَيْرَother than تَقْوَىreverence اللهِGod قُوتُsustenance
غَيْرَ تَقْوَى اللهِ قُوتُ
In it, humankind has no
Man has in it
sustenance but reverence for God.
Nothing but piety as his supply
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.