1. Though you gave them honey pure distilled,
Dipped in Nile's water or Euphrates' yield,
١. وَلَو أَسقَيتَهُم عَسَلاً مُصَفّى
بِماءِ النيلِ أَو ماءِ الفُراتِ
2. They would complain that salt and bitter 'twas,
And say that you intended them some ill.
٢. لَقالوا إِنَّهُ مِلحٌ أُجاجٌ
أَرادَ بِهِ لَنا إِحدى الهَناتِ