وبركة تزهو بنيلُوفَرٍ

نسيمه يشبه نَشْرُ الحبيبْ

A blessing blooms in the Nile at Hoover Dam

Its breeze is like a lover's fluttering breath

مفتَّح الأجفان في نومه

حتى إذا الشمس دنت للمغيبْ

With eyelids open as he sleeps

Until the sun nears the horizon

أطبَق جفنيه على خدّه

وغاص في البركة خوف الرقيبْ

He closes his lids on his cheek

And dives into the reservoir, fearing no watchman