إِن قُلتَ حَلِّ بِذا وَحا

لَ أَحِلتَهُ عَن كَونِهِ

If you say, solve this enigma

You do not free it from its being

أَوقُلتَ في وَفي سِوا

يَ حَصَرتَهُ في أَينِهِ

Or say, in fidelity or perfidy

You restrict it to its whereness

أَو قُلتَ عَيني عَينُهُ

فَالعَجزُ بُؤتَ بِبَينِهِ

Or say, my eye is its eye

Then frustration is manifested in its essence

وَلَو اِرتَأَيتَ رَأَيتَهُ

في العَينِ مِنكَ بِعَينِهِ

And if you judge you see it

In the eye from you with its eye