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THE BROKEN WATER WHEEL by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM

First Line: SINGING AS SHE DIPS
Last Line: TO CATCH THE SIGHED APPLAUSE.
Singing as she dips,
No word upon her lips;
Every thirsty lad
Salutes her, and is glad.

Suddenly a fin
Flies off, and stops her spin
The twinkling of an eye,
Then sends her swinging high.

Like a songstress she
Who breaks her melody,
Straining at the pause
To catch the sighed applause.



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