1. I walked by the banks of al-Masraqan in the evening,
And saw moons going and setting,

2. As though they were pearls whose string was broken,
And they rolled upon the water, floating and sinking.

3. How often a bubble on the water plays!
So, O you who sees a bubble playing on the water,

4. It's as though the glowworms among it were scorpions
Coming over the blueness of glass and going away.