يا طيبَ هَذا الحَوضِ في نَفَحاتِهِ

فَلَقَد حَكى بِالنّشرِ مِسْكاً أَذفرا

O goodness, this basin in its exhalations

Has certainly narrated musk through its sprinkling

فَكَأَنّهُ بِبِنائِهِ مِن نَظمِهِ

في أَحسنِ الترتيبِ يَحكي الجَوهَرا

So it is as if in its structure of prose

It recounts the finest pearls in the best order

وَلَهُ سُلَيمانُ الزّمان قَدِ اِبتَنى

أَجرى لَهُ ماءً يَفوقُ السكَّرا

And for it Solomon of time has built

Flowing for it water sweeter than sugar

قَد طابَ شُرباً حيثُ راقَ زُلالُه

وَلَقَد حَلا أرَّخته لي مَنظَرا

Pleasant is its drinking where its limpidity has flowed

And it has presented to me a splendid view