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Say to the one who asks the riddle and I hope

قل لمن الغز السؤال وأرجى

1. Say to the one who asks the riddle and I hope
That he, with his intelligence, does not reveal

١. قل لمن الغز السؤال وأرجى
دونه من ذكاه ما لا يسف

2. If I have veiled it with a veil
Then how often has he been blocked from the veil and shed

٢. ان يكن قد سترته بحجاب
فلكم قد صد عن حجاب وسجف

3. I said, what is the name if numbered, nothing that
In it, a dot finds a place for a letter

٣. قلت ما اسم إذا رقمت فما ان
فيه يلقى لموضع النقط حرف

4. A third, a third of it, like two thirds of it, but
With two considerations, that there is no injustice in it

٤. ثلثا ثلثه كثلثيه لكن
باعتبارين بان ما فيه عسف

5. So listen to what is crafted for hearing from it
When it is listened to, an earring and bracelet

٥. فاستمع ما يصاغ للسمع منه
حين يصغى إليه قرط وشنف

6. That is the name, if you think about it
It is for the back and it is for the belly, A

٦. ذلك اسم إذا تفكرت فيه
فهو للظهر وهو للبطن ألف

7. And it is part of creation and the chest of desires
And it is from the driver of the camels, sworn

٧. وهو بعض الورى وصدر المطايا
وهو من سائق الظعائن حلف

8. And it is also a third of it, a quarter of a third
Of it, so wonder, and a third for half, half

٨. وهو أيضا ثلثاه ربع لثلث
منه فاعجب والثلث للنصف نصف

9. And if I erase two letters from it
The fifth is gone and the rest is a letter

٩. وإذا ما محوت حرفين منه
ذهب الخمس والبقية حرف

10. So be perceptive of what I say, in it
For you, about what you asked me, an unveiling

١٠. فتفطن لما أقول ففيه
لك عما سألتني عنه كشف