اسمٌ إذا مُثِّلَ لم يُنْقَطِ

اسمٌ إذا مُثِّلَ لم يُنْقَطِ

ثلثاهُ ثلثا ثُلْثِهِ الأوْسَطِ

ثلثاهُ ثلثا ثُلْثِهِ الأوْسَطِ

A name that, when written out, has no dots;

A name, when depicted unvoweled

Two-thirds of it are two-thirds of its middle third.

one third of it, a third of its middle third

اسمٌ لضدَّيْنِ ولم أعْدُ ما

اسمٌ لضدَّيْنِ ولم أعْدُ ما

يُصَحِّحُ المعنى ولم أغْلَط

يُصَحِّحُ المعنى ولم أغْلَط

A name for two opposites; I have not gone beyond what

A name for two opposites, yet I did not repeat

Makes the meaning correct, nor have I erred.

What clarifies the meaning, nor did I err

اسمٌ على قِلَّةِ ألفاظه

اسمٌ على قِلَّةِ ألفاظه

إِظهارُ ما أَخفيتُ منه بطي

إِظهارُ ما أَخفيتُ منه بطي

A name, despite the brevity of its wording—

A name, despite its paucity of words

Revealing what I have concealed of it is slow.

Reveals what I have concealed of it, unwillingly