وَلَو أَسقَيتَهُم عَسَلاً مُصَفّى

بِماءِ النيلِ أَو ماءِ الفُراتِ

Though you gave them honey pure distilled,

Dipped in Nile's water or Euphrates' yield,

لَقالوا إِنَّهُ مِلحٌ أُجاجٌ

أَرادَ بِهِ لَنا إِحدى الهَناتِ

They would complain that salt and bitter 'twas,

And say that you intended them some ill.