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