1. As if the flute in her fingertips
Is the croaking of camels, shy in her presence.
١. فكأنما المزمارُ في أَشداقها
غرمولُ عَيْرٍ في حياءِ أتانِ
2. And you'd think her fingers on the flute
Are beetles crawling on a snake.
٢. وترى أنامِلَها على مزمارها
كخنافسٍ دَبَّتْ على ثعبان