لنا من الأسطال سط

لنا من الأسطال سط

لٌ شأنه عجيب

لٌ شأنه عجيب

We have, among the buckets, a buck—

Among the buckets we have a buck-

—et whose fashion is wondrous:

et whose nature is wondrous.

كالشمس إذا عاجلها

كالشمس إذا عاجلها

في الطفل المغيب

في الطفل المغيب

like the sun when she is suddenly overtaken

Like the sun when swiftly overtaken

by setting, in the late-afternoon hour.

At twilight by sunset.

كرنيبه كمائح

كرنيبه كمائح

وهو له قليب

وهو له قليب

Its spout is like a water-drawer,

Its spout is like a water-drawer,

and the vessel itself is his well.

And the bucket is a well for it.

قبضته سبيكة

قبضته سبيكة

في متنها نحيب

في متنها نحيب

Its handle is a cast metal bar;

Its handle is a metal casting,

within its length sounds a sob.

Within its body is a wail.

ضرب دمشقي فما

ضرب دمشقي فما

يرى لها ضريب

يرى لها ضريب

Of Damascene workmanship—no

Damascene workmanship—so no

equal to it can be found.

Equal to it is seen.