ما عَدَد مِثلُ ضِعفِهِ نِصفُه

تَندى عَلى لينِ كَفِّهِ كَفُّه

What is the number whose half is half of its double?

Dew falls on his soft palm, his palm.

حَياتُهُ الماءُ وَهوَ مِيتَتُهُ

فَاِعجَب لِشَيءٍ حَياتُهُ حَتفُه

Water is his life yet it is his demise.

How strange that the very water sustains yet destroys him.

يَسيرُ تَحتَ اللِواءِ مُعتَصِماً

بِكُلِّ حامٍ سِنانُهُ طَرفُه

He marches under the banner, steadfast,

With every protector, his tip is his edge.

يُكتَبُ في نِصفِهِ القُرانُ وَلا

يَخلو مِنَ الدورِ وَالغِنا نصفُه

Half of him is inscribed with Quran while

Never devoid of harm and enchantment is his other half.