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Hansaan dekh tarndiyan

Hansaan dekh tarndiyan
Bagan aaya chaao
Dub moye bag buprre
Sir tal upr paao

Reference: Kalam Baba Farid; Dr Nazir Ahmad; Packages Limited; Page 60
English Translation

Seeing the swans swimming, the cranes became excited. The poor cranes were drowned to death, with their heads below the water and their feet sticking above.

Translation: S. S. Khalsa