عَجِبتُ لِحَرّاقَةِ اِبنِ الحُسَي

نِ كَيفَ تَسيرُ وَلا تَغرَقُ

I marveled at the boat of Ibn al-Husayn

How it sails without sinking

وَبَحرانِ مِن تَحتِها واحِدٌ

وَآخَرُ مِن فَوقِها مُطبِقُ

With a sea beneath it and another

Above, pressing down

وَأَعجَبُ مِن ذاكَ عيدانُها

وَقَد مَسَّها كَيفَ لا تورِقُ

And stranger still are its planks

Touched by water yet unwarped