1. وما أنثى بها رَعيُ الرعايا

    وإمضاءُ المنايا والقضايا

    And what female is it through whom subjects are tended,

    and deaths and judgments carried out?

  2. وتقصدها بنوها من رِضاع

    إذا انبعثوا لإبرام القضايا

    And her sons through suckling seek her out

    when they set forth to settle cases.

  3. لها اسمٌ إن أزلت النقطَ منه

    فعذ باللهِ من شَرِّ البلايا

    She has a name: if you remove its dots,

    then seek refuge in God from the evil of calamities.

  4. وإن أبدلتَ آخره بهمزٍ

    فقد أبرأتَ نازلةَ الشكايا

    And if you replace its last letter with a hamza,

    then you have cured the affliction of ailments.

  5. وإن بدَّلتَ أوَّله بنونٍ

    أتيتَ ببعض أرزاق المنايا

    And if you replace its first letter with a nūn,

    you have brought some of death's provisions.

  6. فأوضح ما رمزناه بفكرٍ

    سديدِ القصدِ مُبدٍ للخفايا

    So explain what we have encoded, with thought

    sound in its purpose, revealing hidden things.