(Addressing a water fountain basin built by a shepherder on a mountain side to catch the water from a natural spring)
May he who built this basin (for spring water) live long life extended like the incessant flow of water.

There is a beautiful poem by Hovhaness Toumanian that illustrates this proverbial good wish (pari maghthank).

sahree lahncheen, jahyree dahg
chour ehr pughoum sahrnohrag
ou tzuhvehlov khohderoum,
eezour jaheej ehr tahrnoum

On the side of a mountain, under a rock
a pristine spring flowed round the clock
It ran swiftly through the grass
becoming soon a swamp morass

nuhrah ahrchev mee khor koush
sheenetz hohveevuhn ou ahnoush
khagh ahsehlov nah dhahrahv,
chouretz hohsuh eer dzahrav

Sweet- hearted shepherder built with care
a basin for spring water in the open air
Singing sweetly the water he ported
Quenched the thirst of his herd transported

bahkhrahn ahntzav ehn sahreetz
shokeetz hahnadz chohr lehzoun
gousht-gousht khuhmehtz aghpouyreetz
ahbah nahyeetz nah hehrouhn

A Goat herder passed that mountain fresh
Whose tongue was scorched to dry flesh
he drank and drank from the waters of spring
And espied another coming to drink

ahbvoruhn yehgahv dohkaghez
sahrun aghpioureen vohr hahsahv
kuhlkharguhn ahrahv ou chohketz
khuhmetz, seerduh hohvatzahv

The traveler arrived red with heat
But when he reached the spring water sweet
He took off his hat and bowed his head
Drank the cool water ’til his thirst was fed

ou duhvahv eer ohrnahnkuh
ahntzvor mahrtuh ehn pahreen
“Koh seenoghee ohr-giankuh
churee nuhmahn yehrgahree…”

He gave his blessing
that virtuous traveler
“To your maker many days of life
may they flow like water from the spring.”

There is an Armenian proverb that says (yehrp chour ehs khuhmoum, mee mohrahnah aghpiouruh bahdrahssogheen)
when you drink water don’t forget the one who made the fountain (of spring water).