1. Tell me about the elegant-legged, beloved one
Whose heart is cherished and honored

2. Black, white, slow, intelligent
Flying, falling, wretched, blessed

3. He is sometimes composite, sometimes simple
Sometimes separate, sometimes compound

4. He is of the sea's flotsam, of the land's fauna
With flesh and blood his body's made

5. Kings buy him for thousands of coins
Yet he could be sold for a single dirham

6. No jewelry he wears, but sometimes
A seal on his hand bears his name

7. A child, an elder- strange!
Individual, pair - agreed!

8. Noble by nature, branch and root
Forbidden in heart, though it took roost

9. Change but a letter, the verb's new meaning is clear
Its name, its meaning- instantly known!

10. He calls out loudly to himself
Though addressed, mute he stays

11. Disciplined at home, he readily flees
Up the wall, no ladder or stairs does he need!

12. Some is lexicon- inverse it, you'll see
That some of it lexicon isn't, easily.

13. I have elucidated and explicated it plainly
For those with the intellect to glean

14. As though I see them- now they know it well
When recited- God knows best!