1. A garden blooming
With pearls and gold

2. Yet it was born
Only by fire's mold

3. Look at its making
Each part a wonder

4. As if a hunter
Set every feature

5. As if Ibn Muqla's son
Inscribed all its scripture

6. Its artisan placed
For every eye what it covets

7. It's like a lovely face
When displayed for its lover

8. After estrangement and quarrel
Parting and rage

9. Though said to be Chinese
It was made among Arabs

10. Its metalwork's sincerity
Has no flaw or dross

11. Like a pool that's cleared
Flowing between the rocks

12. It came with the fortune
Of one of the best lineage

13. Had a smith not cast it
It would be made with no toil