بيت جرى الماءُ فيه من أسافله

ومن أعاليه حتى ساخ منطلقا

A house through which water flowed

From the bottom up until it cracked, gushing out

كأنني وعيالي في جوانبه

طوير ماء على سَكْر قد انبثقا

As though my family and I on its sides

Were birds alighting on a spring that burst forth