كَأَنَّ أَيديها بَوادي الرُمام
بَينَ حِفافَي جَندَلٍ أَو أَرام
As if her hands were valleys of sand,
Between the edges of a brook or thicket,
أَنامِلُ الوِلدانِ يَفلينَ الهام
The children's fingers unwind the yarn
كَأَنَّ أَيديها بَوادي الرُمام
بَينَ حِفافَي جَندَلٍ أَو أَرام
As if her hands were valleys of sand,
Between the edges of a brook or thicket,
أَنامِلُ الوِلدانِ يَفلينَ الهام
The children's fingers unwind the yarn