بنزع الرطوبة من جسمها

بنزع الرطوبة من جسمها

تكلّس أجزاؤه وانهدم

تكلّس أجزاؤه وانهدم

With moisture stripped from its body,

By extracting moisture from its body

its parts calcified, and it collapsed,

Its parts became calcified and collapsed

وصار به قشفا ميتا

وصار به قشفا ميتا

عديم التماسك لا يلتئم

عديم التماسك لا يلتئم

and through this it became rough, dry, and dead,

And it became a dead crust

without cohesion, unable to knit together.

Devoid of cohesion, unable to heal

فإن أنت رطبت أجزاءه

فإن أنت رطبت أجزاءه

جعلت تلتحم

جعلت تلتحم

So if you moisten its parts,

So if you moistened its parts

they begin to fuse together.

They would stick together

وباللطف والفرق تدبيره

وباللطف والفرق تدبيره

ولين السخونة حتى يتم

ولين السخونة حتى يتم

And its treatment is through gentleness and separation,

And with gentleness and separation you can manage it

and mild heat, until it is complete.

And soften the heat until it is complete

فلا تنهكِ الأرض واستبقِ من

فلا تنهكِ الأرض واستبقِ من

رطوبتها ما يبل الرحم

رطوبتها ما يبل الرحم

So do not exhaust the earth; retain from

So do not exhaust the earth and preserve

its moisture enough to moisten the womb.

The moisture that fills the womb

ففي نزع بِلّتِها موتُها

ففي نزع بِلّتِها موتُها

ومنع تزاوجها والعقم

ومنع تزاوجها والعقم

For stripping away its dampness means its death,

For in extracting its wetness is its death

and the prevention of its mating, and sterility.

And preventing its marriage and sterility

وبالماء تغسل أوساخها

وبالماء تغسل أوساخها

ويكشط عنها البلا والسقمِ

ويكشط عنها البلا والسقمِ

And with water its dirt is washed away,

And with water you wash its filth

and decay and sickness are scraped from it,

And scrape the affliction and disease from it

ويجعل باطنها ظاهرا

ويجعل باطنها ظاهرا

ويبرز من سرها ما اكتتم

ويبرز من سرها ما اكتتم

and its inner part is made outward,

And make its interior apparent

and from its secret emerges what was concealed.

And reveal from its mystery what was concealed

وبالدهن يذهب ظل النحاس

وبالدهن يذهب ظل النحاس

ويعمر من أرضنا ما استرم

ويعمر من أرضنا ما استرم

And with oil the shadow of copper vanishes,

And with oil the shade of copper disappears

and what has decayed in our earth is restored.

And restore from our land what was ruined

ومنه تولد أصباغنا

ومنه تولد أصباغنا

فيغدو به ماؤنا وهو دم

فيغدو به ماؤنا وهو دم

And from it our pigments are born,

And from it are born our pigments

so through it our water becomes blood.

So our water becomes, through it, blood

وبالأرض يبسط أدهاننا

وبالأرض يبسط أدهاننا

فيثبت في النار لا ينهزم

فيثبت في النار لا ينهزم

And with earth our oils are spread out,

And with the earth we spread our oils

so they stand firm in fire, never defeated.

So it remains in the fire, undefeated

وبالصبغ تشرق ألوانها

وبالصبغ تشرق ألوانها

فتصبح نيرة في الظلم

فتصبح نيرة في الظلم

And with pigment its colors shine,

And with dye its colors shine

so it becomes radiant in the darkness.

So it becomes bright in the darkness

وتشميع أجسادنا الباليات

وتشميع أجسادنا الباليات

بالماء كان وبالدهن تم

بالماء كان وبالدهن تم

And the waxing of our worn-out bodies

And moistening our worn out bodies

was done with water and completed with oil.

Was with water and with oil was completed

وتنمو الزروع وتزكو الربوع

وتنمو الزروع وتزكو الربوع

ويزهر من نبتها ما نجم

ويزهر من نبتها ما نجم

And crops grow, and the lands flourish,

And crops grow and meadows prosper

and whatever has sprouted among its plants blossoms.

And from its plants blossoms what was budded

فإن أنت أحسنت تدبير ما

فإن أنت أحسنت تدبير ما

ذكرناه حزت كنوز النعم

ذكرناه حزت كنوز النعم

So if you properly treat what

So if you managed well what

we have mentioned, you will gain treasures of blessings.

We mentioned you would reap bountiful blessings