1. What is the name of what no slave nor free man has attained?
That from which neither sweet nor bitter has escaped,
١. مَا اسْمُ مَا لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ عَبْدٌ وَلاَ حُرّْ
لاَ وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُ حُلْوٌ وَلاََ مُرّْ
2. An ever-pregnant father time and again
Its miswritten visage, a fiery brand
٢. وَالِدٌ كُلَّمَا زَمَانٍ وَحُبْلَى
شَكْلُ مُقْلُوبِهِ الْمُصَحَّفِ نَامُرْ
3. And that which lacks a heart has no food
Useful for the heart, in it for us no harm
٣. وَالذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ قَلْبٌ طَعَامٌ
نَافِعُ الْقَلْبِ لَيْسَ فِيهِ لَنَا ضُرّْ