1. O pride of the age and glory of mankind
Epitome of purpose and vision of desire

2. Knower of the world and its liberation
Center of merit and pillar of glory

3. Son of him whose proof prevailed
Over the greatest non-Arabs and falsehood vanished

4. A necklace of pearls has come from you
Well-arranged like selected pearls

5. It blossoms like a garden when
First rains of clouds arrive

6. You hid within it a riddle
More concealed than a she-camel among people

7. So take my answer to it, O most beautiful of
People and most generous long-armed one

8. It is a quatrain that has a source
Mentioned by the describer in every club

9. If you mispronounce it, it becomes a name
To describe an individual of inanimate kinds

10. Its first half plays with it the verb
If it has a defect in conscience

11. And its second half, if you cast it
Extends for you the sale of aspired gain

12. And if you mispronounce it, its heart appears
Blame for one who has become little ashes

13. Or if you omit the third, it becomes a mark
For creator of earth and founder of countries

14. Its second and third together mean
Destiny or its equivalents to be deduced

15. Delete their last verse
With alteration required by people of integrity

16. Its last is found in the first of the house
And last of Hud and Sad

17. So take the answer to the riddle from Ahmad
The brightest minded and clearest-sighted one

18. Then the prayer of God covers the one
He named in the riddle, eminent glory his.