1. حضاننا السحق فلا

    تسحق دواءٌ بيدِ

    Our incubation is grinding, so do not

    grind a medicine by hand.

  2. وهو الذي قد جاءنا

    من صبغنا بالولدِ

    And it is what has come to us

    from our dyeing with the offspring.

  3. لا يجلب الصبغ الذي

    تريده من بعدِ

    It does not bring the dye that

    you desire afterward.

  4. إن الذي يصبغ لا

    يزيد وزن الجسدِ

    Indeed, that which dyes does not

    increase the body's weight.

  5. لذاك قد حدّوه في

    علومنا بالعددِ

    For that reason, they have defined it in

    our sciences by number.

  6. وقال قوم جهلوا ال

    حكمة ذا قول ردي

    And people said, ignorant of the

    wisdom, 'This is an unsound saying,'

  7. حكماً بلا علم مقا

    لَ جاهل ذي فندِ

    judging without knowledge—the utterance

    of an ignorant man full of folly.

  8. ما خالفوا حكمتنا

    لو وفقوا للرشدِ

    They would not have opposed our wisdom

    had they been guided to sound judgment.