1. No life except by the toil of the water-drawer's arms
A water-skin with sickness in its strap-handle as if, when she loosens her arms,
١. لا عَيشَ إِلّا بِكَفِّ ساقِيَةٍ
ذاتَ دَلالٍ في طَرفِها مَرَضُ
2. Stars of pearl plunge through the air and descend.
٢. كَأَنَّ في الراحِ حينَ تَمزُجُها
نُجومَ دُرٍّ تَهوي وَتَنخَفِضُ