حاجيتكم ما اسمٌ لبعضِ السّباع
تصحيفُهُ ما لكَ فيه انتفاع
I pose you this riddle: what is the name of one of the beasts of prey,
whose altered dots yield something of no benefit to you?
وعكسه إن شئتَ عكساً له
يوجد لكن عند دورِ السماع
Turn it around, if you will, and its reverse
is found only in halls of music.
وإن تصحِّف بعد قلبٍ له
فمذهبٌ يعزى لأهل النزاع
And if its dots are altered after it is reversed,
it becomes a doctrine ascribed to the contentious.
فبيِّنِ الإلغازَ وارفع لنا
بنورِ فكرٍ منكَ عَنهُ القناع
So solve the riddle and lift for us,
with the light of your thought, the veil from it.
Sol 5.6