1. O skillful and clever one, help us
With the meaning of a word spelled backwards from which we came

2. And which in the Frankish tongue is pronounced long
It's the name of something - if it leaves the body we die

3. And if they add a letter it becomes the name of something
That comes third in bees and we understood

4. And if you remove the last letter, it remains a letter
That came in my people's speech with a meaning

5. And it is for some people a simple origin
And for its people, the trusted ones, it is dual

6. It dwells fixedly in the earth and sky
By consensus of mankind, as we have known

7. And by it God destroyed servants
Who took other than Him as refuge and shelter

8. And it is beneficial and harmful to mankind
Except we die if it goes from us

9. And it is like the wind in some matters, and if you wish
That muddy one - behold, we have uncovered it

10. So ponder its solution, for it is easy
Its meaning cannot be obscure to one who is patient