1. ذَا مَوْرِدٌ جاد به

    راجي ثوابِ ربِّهِ

    This is a watering place generously provided by

    one who hopes for his Lord's reward:

  2. يوسفُ خوجةُ الرضيّ

    صاحب طابع البهيِّ

    Yusuf Khoja, the worthy,

    keeper of the seal of the illustrious

  3. فَخْرِ الْعُلاَ حمّودةٍ

    باشا فَذَا من سَيْبِهِ

    pride of the heights, Hammuda

    Pasha; this is from his bounty.

  4. من عبدليّةٍ زها

    بطيبه وقُرْبِهِ

    From Abdaliyya, it shines

    with its sweetness and nearness,

  5. بحسن نيّةٍ ومِنْ

    إخلاصه في رَبِّهِ

    through good intention and out of

    his sincerity toward his Lord.

  6. جازاه ربّي جَنَّةً

    وكَوْثراً في شُرْبِهِ

    May my Lord reward him with Paradise

    and Kawthar to drink from.

  7. يَا وَارِداً فَادْعُ وَقُل

    تاريخه بَشِّرْ بِه

    O you who come for water, pray and say:

    Its date: 'Give glad tidings of it.'