ما اسمٌ لِما تَرْتَضيهِ

ما اسمٌ لِما تَرْتَضيهِ

مِن كُلّ مَعنىً وصورَه

مِن كُلّ مَعنىً وصورَه

What is the name for what you find pleasing

What name for what you wish

In every meaning and form?

Of every meaning and its form

تَصحيفُ مقلوبِهِ اسْما

تَصحيفُ مقلوبِهِ اسْما

حَرْفٍ وأَوّلُ سورَه

حَرْفٍ وأَوّلُ سورَه

Repointing its reverse yields the two names

Its reversed spelling a name

Of a letter and the opening of a surah.

A letter and the first of its surah