The first matter,
The salt of salts,
Celestial water dissolves
The subtlest fluid sustains
The burning of sulphur

Squaring the circle,
Spirit and matter

Driving the triumphal charlot,
Scattering treasures for the world
Blackening to become whitened,
Transmutation accomplished

Squaring the circle,
Zero equals two

Aliquem alium intermum, quadratura circuli
The blood of the lion, the eagle's tears,
Result in the stone of millions of years

Squaring the circle, solve et coagula

Omne superius sicut inferius