1. If you say, solve this enigma
You do not free it from its being
١. إِن قُلتَ حَلِّ بِذا وَحا
لَ أَحِلتَهُ عَن كَونِهِ
2. Or say, in fidelity or perfidy
You restrict it to its whereness
٢. أَوقُلتَ في وَفي سِوا
يَ حَصَرتَهُ في أَينِهِ
3. Or say, my eye is its eye
Then frustration is manifested in its essence
٣. أَو قُلتَ عَيني عَينُهُ
فَالعَجزُ بُؤتَ بِبَينِهِ
4. And if you judge you see it
In the eye from you with its eye
٤. وَلَو اِرتَأَيتَ رَأَيتَهُ
في العَينِ مِنكَ بِعَينِهِ