وَكأَنَّ المياهَ فيها ثَعابينُ

وَكأَنَّ المياهَ فيها ثَعابينُ

لَجَينِ تَبَعَّثَت في السواقي

لَجَينِ تَبَعَّثَت في السواقي

And as though the waters within it were serpents

And as if in the water snakes

Of silver, stirred into motion in the irrigation channels;

Swimming, set loose in the waterways

وَكأَنَّ الحصباءَ في رونِق الماء

وَكأَنَّ الحصباءَ في رونِق الماء

سَنا الدُرِّ في بَياض التَراقي

سَنا الدُرِّ في بَياض التَراقي

And as though the pebbles in the water’s sheen

And as if the pebbles in the water's glow

Were the gleam of pearls against the whiteness of collarbones.

Were pearls set loose on banks of snow