1. The one whom I desire, I do not name outright
Yet hints aplenty about him I shall cite
١. أمَّا الذي بِي فإنِّي لا أُسَمِّيْهِ
لكنْ سَأُلْقِي رُمُوْزاً جَمَّةً فيْهِ
2. If you seek his ratio in numbers to find
The square root of first is ten times the second in kind
٢. إذا أَرَدْتَ من الأعدادِ نِسْبَتَهُ
فَجَذْرُ أَوَّلِهِ عُشْرٌ لِثَانِيْهِ
3. And if to that root you add a fourth part seen
You will find as the third a meaning most keen
٣. وإن أضفت إلى ذي الجذر رابعة
رأيت ثالثة زهراً معانيه
4. And half of it was beloved by the Abbasid's sister renowned
So his past and future are clearly spelled out on this ground
٤. ونِصْفُهُ أَوْلِعَتْ أختُ الرَّشيد به
فقد تَبَيَّنَ ماضيهِ وباقيْهِ