بَنىbuilt الوزيرُthe vizier سُليمانُSuleiman الزّمانِof the age لَناfor us
بَنى الوزيرُ سُليمانُ الزّمانِ لَنا
حَوضاًa basin عَلىat حُسنِهِits beauty الألبابُminds فيin دَهَشِwonder
حَوضاً عَلى حُسنِهِ الألبابُ في دَهَشِ
The vizier, the Suleiman of the age, built for us
Suleiman the vizier built for us in this era
A basin whose beauty leaves minds in wonder.
A pond, at whose beauty minds are confounded,
وَفيهِand in it أَجرىmade flow فُراتاًsweet water سائِغاًpalatable بِهَناwith pleasure
وَفيهِ أَجرى فُراتاً سائِغاً بِهَنا
بِالصّفوِwith clarity جالٍcleansing لِماof what فيin العَينِthe eye مِنof عَمشِbleariness
بِالصّفوِ جالٍ لِما في العَينِ مِن عَمشِ
And in it he made sweet water flow, pleasant and delightful to drink,
Into which he directed a limpid Euphrates
Whose clarity dispels the bleariness in the eye.
With milky water that delights the eye's dimness,
ماnot ماؤُهُits water الأبيضُwhite الصّافيclear سِوىother than لَبنٍmilk
ما ماؤُهُ الأبيضُ الصّافي سِوى لَبنٍ
أَرّختهI dated it وَزُلالٍand limpid water مُذهِبِdispelling العطشِthirst
أَرّخته وَزُلالٍ مُذهِبِ العطشِ
Its white, clear water is nothing but milk
Whose pure white water is naught but milk
(I dated it) and limpid water that quenches thirst.
And ruby drink that slakes all thirst.
Sol 6.1