وربand many a شيءthing كشيءlike another thing لاَnot يلائمهis compatible with it
ورب شيء كشيء لاَ يلائمه
فيin الطبعnature مثلlike سوادthe blackness of الليلthe night والحدقِand the pupils
في الطبع مثل سواد الليل والحدقِ
And many a thing resembles another, yet is incompatible with it
How oft a thing's unfit for what it's like
in nature, as with the blackness of night and pupils.
In nature, as black night and pupil bright,
والشْمعand wax فيهin it لضوءِfor the light of النارfire تقويةstrengthening
والشْمع فيه لضوءِ النار تقوية
والشمعand wax والنارand fire جنسkind غيرnot متفقcompatible
والشمع والنار جنس غير متفق
And wax strengthens the light of fire,
The candle feeds the fire's glow, yet in type
yet wax and fire are incompatible in kind.
Fire and wax can never unite.
قدmay يبعدbe far removed الشكلthe form عنfrom شبهa counterpart يشاكلهthat resembles it
قد يبعد الشكل عن شبه يشاكله
إنّindeed السماءَthe sky نظيرُthe counterpart of الماءwater فيهin it الرزقsustenance
إنّ السماءَ نظيرُ الماء فيه الرزق
A form may differ greatly from a counterpart that resembles it.
Look close, appearances lead us astray -
Indeed, the sky is water's counterpart; in it is sustenance.
The sky's as water; in both lies our fate.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.