مَا أَخُو خَمْسَةٍ جَلَتْهُ لِعَاقِلْ

مَا أَخُو خَمْسَةٍ جَلَتْهُ لِعَاقِلْ

مِثْلَ أَجْزَائِهِ أَسَامٍ لِفَاعِلْ

مِثْلَ أَجْزَائِهِ أَسَامٍ لِفَاعِلْ

What five-lettered word is made plain to a discerning mind

What brother of five remained, for reasonable

What is the possessor of five [letters], revealed to a wise mind,

by names for doers resembling its constituent parts?

Like his parts, names for doer

Whose parts are like the nouns of the active participle?

وَهْيَ زَاكٍ يَلِيهِ زَاوٍ فَرَاوٍ

وَهْيَ زَاكٍ يَلِيهِ زَاوٍ فَرَاوٍ

ثُمَّ وَارٍ فَزَارٍ أَتْبِعْ وَعَادِلْ

ثُمَّ وَارٍ فَزَارٍ أَتْبِعْ وَعَادِلْ

They are zāk (a pure one), followed by zāw (a gatherer), then rāw (a narrator),

It zak remaining then zaw so raw

They are 'Zākin' (growing), followed by 'Zāwin' (concealing), then 'Rāwin' (narrating),

then wār (a kindler), then zār (a disparager); append and match.

Then war so zar, follow and make equal

Then 'Wārin' (kindling), then 'Zārin' (visiting)—follow this and balance them.

وَارْعَ ذَا الْقَلْبَ وَالْمُحَرَّفَ مِنْهَا

وَارْعَ ذَا الْقَلْبَ وَالْمُحَرَّفَ مِنْهَا

وَاقْفُ مَنْ قَالَ فَالْمُفَسِّرُ قَائِلْ

وَاقْفُ مَنْ قَالَ فَالْمُفَسِّرُ قَائِلْ

And heed this reversal and the altered form among them,

Consider the heart and its deviant from them

And observe the anagrams and the altered letters among them,

and follow the one who spoke, for the explainer is the speaker.

Stop who said so the explainer will say

And trace the steps of the one who spoke, for the interpreter is the speaker.