لاdo not تُفسِدَنَّever spoil جَميلاًsomething beautiful بِالقَبيحِwith ugliness وَكُنand be
لا تُفسِدَنَّ جَميلاً بِالقَبيحِ وَكُن
مِمَّنamong those who رِضاهُhis satisfaction قَريبٌclose مِنto تَغَضُّبِهِhis growing angry
مِمَّن رِضاهُ قَريبٌ مِن تَغَضُّبِهِ
Do not mar what is beautiful with ugliness, and be
Do not spoil what is beautiful with what is ugly, and be
one who is soon appeased after growing angry.
Of those whose pleasure is close to anger,
فَرُبَّماfor perhaps باتَspent the night خِلٌّa friend وَهوَwhile he مُعتَقِدٌintent
فَرُبَّما باتَ خِلٌّ وَهوَ مُعتَقِدٌ
لِماon what يَسوءُhe hurts بِهِwith it خِلّاًa friend فَحَلَّthen it befell بِهِhim
لِما يَسوءُ بِهِ خِلّاً فَحَلَّ بِهِ
For a friend may spend the night intent
For many a friend has passed the night consumed with anger
on something with which to hurt a friend, only for it to befall him.
At what displeases the loyal friend, and so was seized by it
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.