ما اِسمٌ حَرامٌ لِلنِساءِ فِعالُهُ

وَتَراهُ بِالتَصحيفِ وَهوَ مُحَلَّلُ

What forbidden name for women, its doer

You see it through distortion yet lawful

جَمعٌ إِذا أَلقَيتَ ثانِيهِ وَلَم

يُسمَع بِواحِدِهِ عَلى ما يُنقَلُ

A group, if you omit its second, it won't

Be heard in its singular, as transmitted

وَبِحَذفِ ثالِثه يُعابُ أَخو الحِجى

إِن جاءَ فيما قالَ أَو ما يَفعَلُ

And by omitting its third, the fault is on

The brother of Hijj, in what he said or did

وَيَصيرُ بِالتَرخيمِ إِن نادَيتَهُ

ضداً لِتَصحيفِ الَّذي لا يَنحَلُ

And it becomes, if you call him, by prolonging

The opposite of the distortion, indissoluble

لُغزٌ أَتاكَ بِهِ خَليلٌ صادِقٌ

في ودِّهِ بادٍ لِمَن يَتَأَمَّلُ

A riddle came to you, from a sincere friend

In his affection lasting, for one who contemplates

تَركَ الخِداعَ بِكَشفِهِ لِقِناعِهِ

فَأَبانَهُ وَهوَ الخَفِيُّ المُشكَلُ

He left deception, by exposing his mask

So he clarified him, the hidden complicated