أيها الخِلُّ المحاجي

أيها الخِلُّ المحاجي

وأَخا القولِ اليقينِ

وأَخا القولِ اليقينِ

O riddling friend,

O you who debates so eloquently

And brother of certain speech,

And brother of the words of certainty

قل لنا ما مثلُ قولي

قل لنا ما مثلُ قولي

مَرَضٌ مُلكُ يميني

مَرَضٌ مُلكُ يميني

Tell us what is like my saying:

Tell us, what is like my saying:

An illness is my right hand’s possession.

A sickness that rules my right hand