قُلْ لِمَنْ لِلْعَوِيصِ فِي الَّلغْزِ يُلْهَمْ

مَا دَوَاءٌ لَمْ يَعْدُ نِصْفاً لِدِرْهَمْ

Tell whom for the distressed in puzzlement is inspired

Ask the one inspired to unravel obscure riddles:

What cure has not gone back to half a dirham

What remedy does not exceed half of a dirham,

فِيهِ لِلْجِسْمِ قُوَّةٌ وَنَمَاءٌ

وَهْوَ لِلْقَلْبِ عِنْدَ ذِي اللُّبِّ مَهْرَمْ

In it for the body strength and growth

In which lies strength and growth for the body,

And it for the heart with the beloved a ruin

Yet to the wise, it brings old age to the heart?