فيهاin it تعاريجٌwindings كحيَّاتٍlike snakes لوتcoiled
فيها تعاريجٌ كحيَّاتٍ لوت
فيduring الزحفcrawling جسماًa body فيin الثرىthe soil يتوارىdisappears from sight
في الزحف جسماً في الثرى يتوارى
Within it are windings like snakes that coil
It has winding alleys like creeping snakes
their bodies as they crawl, disappearing into the soil.
That hide their bodies in the ground as they crawl
تتصادمcollide العَرَباتthe carriages عندduring مسيرهاtheir movement
تتصادم العَرَبات عند مسيرها
ويزاحمand jostles with الرجُلُthe man النحيلُthin حماراa donkey
ويزاحم الرجُلُ النحيلُ حمارا
Carriages collide as they move along,
Carts collide as they pass through
and the thin man jostles with a donkey.
And the slender man jostles with a donkey
كمhow many منof سليمٍan unharmed person عادreturned ذاhaving جرحٍa wound وكمand how many
كم من سليمٍ عاد ذا جرحٍ وكم
طفلاًa child قضىdied دوساَby trampling وآخرand another غاراsank out of sight
طفلاً قضى دوساَ وآخر غارا
Many an unharmed man returned wounded, and many
How many unharmed men have returned wounded, and how many
a child died underfoot, while another sank from sight.
Children were trampled to death, while others escaped
هبطتdescended بهِwith him بالوعةٌa drain فيinto هوَّةٍa deep pit
هبطت بهِ بالوعةٌ في هوَّةٍ
ملئتwas filled بماءٍwith water نتنهُits stench قدalready ثاراrose
ملئت بماءٍ نتنهُ قد ثارا
A drain carried him down into a pit
He was brought down into a pit
filled with water whose stench had risen.
Filled with rotten water that had fermented
يعلووrises and يسفلdescends ذوone with الخطىfootsteps فيin سيرهhis progress
يعلوو يسفل ذو الخطى في سيره
والكلُّand all of it وعرٌrugged يقلعwrenches out الاظفاراthe nails
والكلُّ وعرٌ يقلع الاظفارا
The walker rises and descends as he goes,
The pedestrian ascends and descends in his walk
and all is rugged, wrenching out the nails.
And everywhere is a rugged road that tears off nails
فلأَنso if (likely intended) ركبتَyou ride وانand if مشيتyou walk لميّضةٌsurely a calamity (uncertain reading)
فلأَن ركبتَ وان مشيت لميّضةٌ
دهماءُdark جالبةٌbringing اسًىsorrow وشناراand disgrace
دهماءُ جالبةٌ اسًى وشنارا
So whether you ride or walk, it is surely [a calamity]—
Whether you rode or walked briskly
a dark one, bringing sorrow and disgrace.
It is a gloomy, sorrowful journey that brings misery and hardship
الخيرgood عنهاfrom it راحلٌdeparting والشرُّand evil فيهاin it
الخير عنها راحلٌ والشرُّ فيها
نازلٌdwelling والكربand anguish حلَّarrived وزاراand visited
نازلٌ والكرب حلَّ وزارا
Good has departed from it, and evil within it
Goodness has departed from it while evil resides in it
dwells; anguish has arrived and paid a visit.
Distress has descended and settled down
لاno حسنَmerit فيهاin it غيرexcept انthat نزيلهاits lodger
لا حسنَ فيها غير ان نزيلها
يخشىfears الردىdeath فيجانبand so shuns الاوزاراsins
يخشى الردى فيجانب الاوزارا
There is no merit in it, save that its lodger
It has no merit other than its inhabitants
fears death and so shuns sins.
Fearing depravity and avoiding burdens
حوتit contained الكلابthe dogs عديدةnumerous آلافهاtheir thousands
حوت الكلاب عديدة آلافها
عُجفاًemaciated ضئالاًpuny تنبحbark at الزوّاراthe visitors
عُجفاً ضئالاً تنبح الزوّارا
It harbors dogs by the many thousands,
It contains countless mangy dogs
scrawny and puny, barking at visitors.
That bark at visitors and strangers
طوراًsometimes تعاظلُtangle together بالهراشin dogfights وتارةًand sometimes
طوراً تعاظلُ بالهراش وتارةً
تجريrun فترميand so throw down الفارسthe horseman المغواراdauntless
تجري فترمي الفارس المغوارا
At times they tangle together in fights, and at times
Sometimes scuffling with broken pots
they run and so unseat the dauntless horseman.
Sometimes chasing away frightened horsemen
ملأfilled القرادُthe ticks جسومهاtheir bodies فجلودُهاso their skins
ملأ القرادُ جسومها فجلودُها
جَرَباَfrom mange تحكُّrub against لتستريحto find relief جداراa wall
جَرَباَ تحكُّ لتستريح جدارا
Ticks infest their bodies, so their skins
Lice have filled their bodies, so their skin
are mangy; they rub against a wall for relief.
Itches as they scratch themselves on the walls
أفلاthen does ... not? يعدُّconsider العيشlife رزءاًa calamity فادحاًgrievous
أفلا يعدُّ العيش رزءاً فادحاً
رجلٌa man تناوشهُassail him الكلابُthe dogs مرراrepeatedly
رجلٌ تناوشهُ الكلابُ مررا
Then would life not be reckoned a grievous calamity
Does not living there seem a tremendous misery
by a man whom dogs assail again and again?
When dogs gnaw at a man and he is helpless?
فافقهso understand وقابلand compare بينbetween تلكthat one وهذهand this one
فافقه وقابل بين تلك وهذه
واذرفand shed بحزنٍwith sorrow دمعكyour tears المدراراcopiously flowing
واذرف بحزنٍ دمعك المدرارا
So understand, and compare that with this,
So reflect on the difference between this and that
and shed your streaming tears in sorrow.
And shed plentiful tears in sorrow
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.