I am not strong, Nay, I am fragile

I am shining amongst the sunlight 

And rolling in the strongest Gale 

Don't wonder who I am, alas, 

On the beach, I am standing as such

Facing the rises and sets of the sun

And going up and down with the tides 

I am the sands, the broken stones

Which have once been the mountains, afar

Though smashed bit by bit, I am steel hard