قُلْ لِمَنْ لِلْعَوِيصِ فِي الَّلغْزِ يُلْهَمْ

قُلْ لِمَنْ لِلْعَوِيصِ فِي الَّلغْزِ يُلْهَمْ

مَا دَوَاءٌ لَمْ يَعْدُ نِصْفاً لِدِرْهَمْ

مَا دَوَاءٌ لَمْ يَعْدُ نِصْفاً لِدِرْهَمْ

Say to one inspired to unravel the riddle’s difficulty:

Tell whom for the distressed in puzzlement is inspired

Ask the one inspired to unravel obscure riddles:

What remedy does not exceed half a dirham?

What cure has not gone back to half a dirham

What remedy does not exceed half of a dirham,

فِيهِ لِلْجِسْمِ قُوَّةٌ وَنَمَاءٌ

فِيهِ لِلْجِسْمِ قُوَّةٌ وَنَمَاءٌ

وَهْوَ لِلْقَلْبِ عِنْدَ ذِي اللُّبِّ مَهْرَمْ

وَهْوَ لِلْقَلْبِ عِنْدَ ذِي اللُّبِّ مَهْرَمْ

In it are strength and growth for the body,

In it for the body strength and growth

In which lies strength and growth for the body,

Yet, to the discerning, it brings old age to the heart.

And it for the heart with the beloved a ruin

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