بَنَيتَ أَخا الوِزارةِ حَوضَ ماءٍ
جَزاكَ اللَّهُ خَيراً ثمّ أَلفا
You built, O brother of the vizierate, a basin of water—
may God reward you with goodness, then a thousandfold.
أَجدتَ بِناءَه في حُسنِ وَضعٍ
وَقَد أَتقنتهُ رَصّاً وَرَصفا
You made its construction excellent, with beauty of design,
and perfected its close-set masonry and orderly laying.
فَأَمّا الحَوضُ كَأسٌ مِن لُجَينٍ
بِهِ سالَ الزُّلالُ وَطابَ رَشفا
As for the basin, it is a goblet of silver;
within it flowed limpid water, delightful to sip.
وَأَمّا الماءُ أَرِّخ بانَ يَجري
فَمِن شَهدٍ وَمِن عَسلٍ مُصفّى
And as for the water—more delicate as it appeared flowing—
it is of nectar and clarified honey.
Sol 5.6