מִי יַגִּיעַ לְחָכְמָתֶךָ בְּתִתְּךָ לַנֶּפֶשׁ כֹּחַ הַדַּעַת אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ תְּקוּעָה. O Lord, who can reach Thy wisdom? For Thou gavest the soul the faculty of knowledge that is fixed therein,
וַיְהִי הַמַּדָּע יְסוֹדָהּ. And knowledge is the fount of her glory.
וְעַל כֵּן לֹא יִשְׁלוֹט עָלֶיהָ כִּלָּיוֹן וְתִתְקַיֵּם כְּפִי קִיּוּם יְסוֹדָהּ. וְזֶה עִנְיָנָהּ וְסוֹדָהּ: Therefore hath destruction no power over her, But she maintaineth herself by the stability of her foundation, For such is her nature and secret;
וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ הַחֲכָמָה לֹא תִרְאֶה מָוֶת. אַךְ תְּקַבֵּל עַל עֲוֹנָהּ עֹנֶשׁ מַר מִמָּוֶת: The soul with her wisdom shall not see death. Nevertheless shall her punishment be visited upon her, A punishment bitterer than death,
וְאִם טָהֳרָה תָּפִיק רָצוֹן. וַתִּשְׂחַק לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן. Though be she pure she shall obtain favour And shall laugh on the last day.
וְאִם נִטְמְאָה תָּנוּד בְּשֶׁצֶף קֶצֶף וְחָרוֹן: But if she hath been defiled, She shall wander to and fro for a space in wrath and anger,
וְכָל יְמֵי טֻמְאָתָהּ בָּדָד תֵּשֵׁב גּוֹלָה וְסוּרָה. And all the days of her uncleanness Shall she dwell vagabond and outcast;
בְּכָל קֹדֶשׁ לֹא תִגָּע וְאֶל הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לֹא תָבֹא עַד מְלֹאת יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ: She shall touch no hallowed thing, And to the sanctuary she shall not come Till the days of her purification be fulfilled.