فكأنما المزمارُ في أَشداقها

غرمولُ عَيْرٍ في حياءِ أتانِ

As if the flute in her fingertips

Is the croaking of camels, shy in her presence.

وترى أنامِلَها على مزمارها

كخنافسٍ دَبَّتْ على ثعبان

And you'd think her fingers on the flute

Are beetles crawling on a snake.