عَفاmay pardon اللَهُGod عَنّيme فَإِنّيfor indeed I اِمرُؤٌa man
عَفا اللَهُ عَنّي فَإِنّي اِمرُؤٌ
أَتَيتُI came السَلامَةَsafety مِنthrough بابِهاits gate
أَتَيتُ السَلامَةَ مِن بابِها
May God pardon me, for I am a man
May God forgive me, for I am but a man
who has come to safety through its gate.
Who sought safety through its gate
عَلىdespite أَنَّthe fact that عِنديI have لِمَنfor whoever هاجَنيprovoked me
عَلى أَنَّ عِندي لِمَن هاجَني
كَنائِنَquivers غَصَّتwere choked بِنُشّابِهاwith their arrows
كَنائِنَ غَصَّت بِنُشّابِها
Yet I have, for whoever has provoked me,
Though ready in my scabbard rest
quivers choked with their arrows.
Swords tempered keen to smite my foes
وَلَوand if كُنتُI were أَرميI shoot بِهاwith them مُسلِماًa Muslim
وَلَو كُنتُ أَرمي بِها مُسلِماً
لَكانَwould surely be السُّهيلِيُّal-Suhayli أَولىmost deserving بِهاof them
لَكانَ السُّهيلِيُّ أَولى بِها
And were I to shoot a Muslim with them,
And had I cast them at a guiltless man
al-Suhayli would be most deserving of them.
Myself were worthier of the blow
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.