by Tahar Ben Jelloun, as quoted by Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio in Tahar the Wise, Translated from French by Margaret Obank.
La grenade rouge et juteuse
lourde de grains et de souvenirs
tombe avec la lune
dans les mains des enfants nus.
(The red and juicy pomegranate grenade
heavy with seeds and memories
falls with the moon
into the hands of naked children.)
Here’s my translation:
The red juicy grenade
heavy with seeds and memories
drops with the moon
into hands of nude children