1. If a pot could weep from being locked away
For so long on the shelves, the pot of Ibn Jayyar
١. لَو أَنَّ قِدراً بَكَت مِن طولِ ما حُبِسَت
عَلى الحُفوفِ بَكَت قِدرُ اِبنِ جَيّارِ
2. Would weep. No fat has touched it since its ore was cast,
Nor has it seen fire since the days of the oven stirrer.
٢. ما مَسَّها دَسَمٌ مُذ فُضَّ مَعدِنُها
وَلا رَأَت بَعدَ عَهدِ القَينِ مِن نارِ