ما اِسمٌ حَرامٌ لِلنِساءِ فِعالُهُ

ما اِسمٌ حَرامٌ لِلنِساءِ فِعالُهُ

وَتَراهُ بِالتَصحيفِ وَهوَ مُحَلَّلُ

وَتَراهُ بِالتَصحيفِ وَهوَ مُحَلَّلُ

What is a word whose act is forbidden to women,

What forbidden name for women, its doer

yet, with its dots altered, you see it is permitted;

You see it through distortion yet lawful

جَمعٌ إِذا أَلقَيتَ ثانِيهِ وَلَم

جَمعٌ إِذا أَلقَيتَ ثانِيهِ وَلَم

يُسمَع بِواحِدِهِ عَلى ما يُنقَلُ

يُسمَع بِواحِدِهِ عَلى ما يُنقَلُ

a plural if you drop its second letter, and never

A group, if you omit its second, it won't

heard in its singular form, according to what is reported;

Be heard in its singular, as transmitted

وَبِحَذفِ ثالِثه يُعابُ أَخو الحِجى

وَبِحَذفِ ثالِثه يُعابُ أَخو الحِجى

إِن جاءَ فيما قالَ أَو ما يَفعَلُ

إِن جاءَ فيما قالَ أَو ما يَفعَلُ

and with its third letter deleted, a person of reason is blamed

And by omitting its third, the fault is on

if it occurs in what he says or what he does;

The brother of Hijj, in what he said or did

وَيَصيرُ بِالتَرخيمِ إِن نادَيتَهُ

وَيَصيرُ بِالتَرخيمِ إِن نادَيتَهُ

ضداً لِتَصحيفِ الَّذي لا يَنحَلُ

ضداً لِتَصحيفِ الَّذي لا يَنحَلُ

and if you address it with its ending clipped, it becomes

And it becomes, if you call him, by prolonging

the opposite of a dot-altered term for one who never grows thin?

The opposite of the distortion, indissoluble

لُغزٌ أَتاكَ بِهِ خَليلٌ صادِقٌ

لُغزٌ أَتاكَ بِهِ خَليلٌ صادِقٌ

في ودِّهِ بادٍ لِمَن يَتَأَمَّلُ

في ودِّهِ بادٍ لِمَن يَتَأَمَّلُ

A riddle, brought to you by a friend sincere

A riddle came to you, from a sincere friend

in his affection, is plain to whoever reflects.

In his affection lasting, for one who contemplates

تَركَ الخِداعَ بِكَشفِهِ لِقِناعِهِ

تَركَ الخِداعَ بِكَشفِهِ لِقِناعِهِ

فَأَبانَهُ وَهوَ الخَفِيُّ المُشكَلُ

فَأَبانَهُ وَهوَ الخَفِيُّ المُشكَلُ

He abandoned deception by lifting its veil,

He left deception, by exposing his mask

so he made it clear, hidden and perplexing though it was.

So he clarified him, the hidden complicated