وَجهُ سَعيدٍ إِذا تَأَمَّلَهُ ال

وَجهُ سَعيدٍ إِذا تَأَمَّلَهُ ال

ناظِرُ راقَت لَهُ مَحاسِنُهُ

ناظِرُ راقَت لَهُ مَحاسِنُهُ

Saʿid’s face—when contemplated by the

Saʿīd’s face—when contemplated by the

beholder—delights him with its beauties.

beholder—its beauties delight him.

وَماءُ حَمّامِهِ مَعينٌ فَما

وَماءُ حَمّامِهِ مَعينٌ فَما

تَنفَكُّ مَملوءَةً خَزائِنُهُ

تَنفَكُّ مَملوءَةً خَزائِنُهُ

And the water of his bathhouse is a flowing spring, so

And his bathhouse’s water flows freely, so never

its cisterns never cease to be full.

do its reservoirs cease to be full.

أَجادَ وَقّادُهُ الوَقودَ لَهُ

أَجادَ وَقّادُهُ الوَقودَ لَهُ

فَهوَ جَحيمٌ رَضوانُ خازِنُهُ

فَهوَ جَحيمٌ رَضوانُ خازِنُهُ

Its stoker has tended the fuel for it so well

Its stoker has prepared the fuel well for it;

that it is Hell itself, with Riḍwān as its keeper.

so it is an inferno, with Riḍwān as its keeper.