كَم قُلتُ وَكالماءِ صَفاءً رَشأي

ماءٌ هوَ وَاللَهِ فَلا تَتَّكئِ

How often I have spoken as clear as water flows

Yet it is but water, do not rely

لا يُمسِكُهُ الكَفُّ إِذا فُزتُ بِهِ

لا رويتُهُ فَقَط يَشفى ظَمئي

No hand can hold it if I grasp to take

I drink to quench my thirst, it will not stay