صُنْتُ اسمَ إلْفِي فَدَأْباً لا أُسَمِّيْهِ

صُنْتُ اسمَ إلْفِي فَدَأْباً لا أُسَمِّيْهِ

ولا أزالُ بإلغازِي أُعَمِّيْهِ

ولا أزالُ بإلغازِي أُعَمِّيْهِ

I have guarded my beloved's name, so I never name him.

I guarded my beloved's name, and made it my habit not to name him,

And I keep obscuring it with my riddles.

Yet I still allude to him indirectly with my riddles,

وصاحبِي عَدَدِيٌّ قد رَمَزْتٌ به

وصاحبِي عَدَدِيٌّ قد رَمَزْتٌ به

بِذِكْرِ أعدادِ ما تَحْوِي مَبَانِيْهِ

بِذِكْرِ أعدادِ ما تَحْوِي مَبَانِيْهِ

My companion is represented by numbers; I have alluded to him

And my companion's number, I hinted at with

By mentioning the numerical values his letters contain.

The mention of numbers contained in its digits,

فَجّذْرُ أَوَّلِهِ رُبْعٌ لآخِرِهِ

فَجّذْرُ أَوَّلِهِ رُبْعٌ لآخِرِهِ

وجَذْرُ آخِرِهِ رُبْعٌ لِثَانِيْهِ

وجَذْرُ آخِرِهِ رُبْعٌ لِثَانِيْهِ

So the square root of his first is a quarter of his last.

So the root of the first is a quarter of its last,

And the square root of his last is a quarter of his second.

And the root of its last is a quarter of its second,

وإنَّ ثَانِيّةُ خُمْسٌ لِثَالِثِهِ

وإنَّ ثَانِيّةُ خُمْسٌ لِثَالِثِهِ

فافهَمْ فقد لاَحَ للأفهام خَافِيْهِ

فافهَمْ فقد لاَحَ للأفهام خَافِيْهِ

And indeed, his second is a fifth of his third.

And its second is a fifth of its third,

So understand, for his secret has become clear to discerning minds.

So understand, for its hidden meaning has become clear.