1. By your life, tell me the name of a city
That is quadrilateral, if you mention it,
١. بِعَيشِكَ خَبِّرني عَنِ اِسمِ مَدينَةٍ
يَكونُ رُباعِيّاً إِذا ما ذَكَرتَهُ
2. Yet it's two letters, when you say it,
And one letter in meaning, if you invert it.
٢. عَلى أَنَّهُ حَرفانِ حينَ تَقولُهُ
وَمَعناهُ حَرفٌ واحِدٌ إِن قَلَبتَهُ