1. Your pot is as radiant as the full moon
Were it not obscured by clouds and darkness

2. Unnoticed, it quietly boils away
Untended by servants busy with other tasks

3. Its base glows steadily in the hearth
When knives and pans have lost their gleam

4. As though it were the moon but for its veil
Your pot bears no stain or blemish or mar

5. If your repute matched the sheen of your pot
None could surpass your glory, however grand