1. يا حُسنَ ما راقَ عَيني مِن صنوبَرَةٍ

    لَها مَعَ الماءِ حالٌ غَيرُ مَحلولِ

    How lovely the pine tree that delighted my eye!

    Its affair with water remains a mystery unresolved.

  2. تعبّ فيها لجينياً فَتَنفُخُهُ

    أَعطافها مِثل أَشطارِ الخَلاخيلِ

    Within it, silvery water is gulped, then blown out

    By its curved sides, like halves of anklets.