1. To quench thirst with a waterskin has never
Been against their Master, it is intimate to them

2. You see them in the barren land, and whoever calls
His home their first stop, he is kind

3. When the wind meets them, it knocks down a friend
And they coo with passion like turtle doves

4. They chatter to dispel the dread of the journey
With their ancient tune, as if lamenting

5. So they slept with blinking eyes after
Drinking their fill, slumbering silently

6. The pouring of a youth's waterskin on which they
Greedily drank to quench the chicks' thirst again