لا يجمد الماء بأجساده

لا يجمد الماء بأجساده

ما لم يكن بينهما الصمغة

ما لم يكن بينهما الصمغة

Water does not congeal with its bodies

Water does not freeze into ice

unless gum lies between the two.

Unless there is gum between them

وهي التي تغلظ فيها القوى

وهي التي تغلظ فيها القوى

ويستفاد اللون والصبغة

ويستفاد اللون والصبغة

And it is that in which the powers thicken,

It is gum that thickens their forces

and color and tincture are obtained.

And benefits color and dye

والسم والترياق في واحد

والسم والترياق في واحد

قد جمع الرّقيةَ واللدغة

قد جمع الرّقيةَ واللدغة

And poison and antidote are in one thing

Poison and antidote in one

that has indeed united the healing charm and the sting.

Brought together charm and sting