1. الناس تنظر للفَتى من مِجهَرٍ

    يدعى لديهم مِجهَرَ الدينارِ

    People view a young man through a microscope,

    which they call the microscope of the dinar.

  2. هو مِجهَرٌ غلب المجاهرَ كلَّها

    مَن زاد معهُ زاد في المقدارِ

    It is a microscope that has surpassed all other microscopes;

    whoever has more of it grows in standing.

  3. ومن العجائب انهُ معَ مَن يُرى

    لا مَن يَرى عكسَ الصواب الجاري

    And among the wonders is that it is with the one who is seen,

    not the one who sees—the reverse of the usual, proper way.