1. تغرق بالكيزان ناعورةٌ

    حنينُها كالبَرْبط الناعرِ

    A waterwheel dips down with its pitchers;

    its plaintive creaking is like a resounding barbat.

  2. فتارة تحسبها قينةً

    تردد اللحنَ على الزامر

    At times you think it a singing-girl,

    repeating the melody back to the piper.

  3. كأنما كيزانُها أنجُمٌ

    دائرةٌ في فلك دائر

    As though its pitchers were stars

    circling within a revolving sphere.