الجسم منه مفرد ومركب

الجسم منه مفرد ومركب

والماء منه مركب وبسيطُ

والماء منه مركب وبسيطُ

Some bodies are simple, others compound.

The body is singular and composite

And some water is compound, some simple.

And the water is composite and simple

والماء والتركيب ما في جوفه

والماء والتركيب ما في جوفه

زهر من الصبغ الكريم لقيطُ

زهر من الصبغ الكريم لقيطُ

And water and compounding—what lies within it

And the water and composition within it

is a bloom gathered from the noble dye.

Is a flower of noble dye found

والجسم ذو التركيب ما فيه صبغة

والجسم ذو التركيب ما فيه صبغة

منه وفيه مركز ومحيطُ

منه وفيه مركز ومحيطُ

And the compound body has no dye

And the composite body, within it no dye

of its own; and within it are a center and a circumference.

Within it and through it a center and circumference

كل المركب أولاً فتضاعف ال

كل المركب أولاً فتضاعف ال

تركيب حتى عاد وهو نشيطُ

تركيب حتى عاد وهو نشيطُ

The compound first grew weary; then came a doubling of the

Every composite was first doubled

compounding, until it became vigorous again.

Its composition until it returned vigorous

فامزج عبيطك بالمركب

فامزج عبيطك بالمركب

إن الدواء مدبر وعبيطُ

إن الدواء مدبر وعبيطُ

So mix your raw substance with the compound.

So mix your lame with the composite

Indeed, the remedy is processed and raw.

Indeed the medicine is wise and lame

واطبخ لتخرج دهننا من أرضه

واطبخ لتخرج دهننا من أرضه

فبصحنك الزيتون ثم سليطُ

فبصحنك الزيتون ثم سليطُ

And cook to draw our oil from its earth.

And cook to extract our oil from its land

So in your dish are olives, then oil.

For in your bowl the olives and then smooth

وارفق بدهنك ينبسط لك صبغه

وارفق بدهنك ينبسط لك صبغه

فيه فسرُّ علاجه التبسيطُ

فيه فسرُّ علاجه التبسيطُ

And be gentle with your oil; its dye will spread for you

And gently handle your oil, its dye expands for you

within it, for the secret of its treatment is simplification.

In it, so explain its treatment of simplifying