Still the shadoof-man sings his ancient song, violent and pathetic, bold as the burning sun-rays.

River, green plains, yellow plains, pink, brown, steel-grey, or pale-yellow mountains, wail of shadoof, wail of sakieh.

A shadoof, such as may be seen on the Nile, serves to draw water to irrigate the gardens.

The shadoof is used on small farms, and the sakieh is more often used for larger farms and plantations.

More temples, and many sakkeyehs (no shadoofs here, on the Upper Nile) but few boats.

And aren't the sakkiyehs more interesting than the shadoofs, which they use mostly when the river is low?