وَكأَنَّ المياهَ فيها ثَعابينُ

لَجَينِ تَبَعَّثَت في السواقي

And as if in the water snakes

Swimming, set loose in the waterways

وَكأَنَّ الحصباءَ في رونِق الماء

سَنا الدُرِّ في بَياض التَراقي

And as if the pebbles in the water's glow

Were pearls set loose on banks of snow