الجسد البالغ في لينه

تعشقه الروح ولا تفركه

The body that has attained perfection in softness—

the spirit loves it and does not forsake it.

والجسد المنحلُ عن روحه

فروحه إن تركت تتركه

But the body parted from its spirit—

its spirit, if forsaken, forsakes it.

واللزج الرطب له قوة

يقاتل النيران إذ تدركه

The viscous moist substance possesses a power

to battle the flames when they reach it.

وفي اللطيف الرطب عجز عن ال

تصعيد للجسم فلا يملكه

Yet in the subtle moist substance lies an inability to—

make the body ascend; thus it cannot master it.

وبالقويّ الرطب تدبيره

يصعده في الجو أو يمسكه

By the strong moist substance is the body governed:

it raises it into the air or holds it fast.