"Tweed said to Till:
‘What gars ye rin sae still?'
till said to Tweed:
‘Though ye rin wi speed,
an I rin slaw,
where ye droon yin man,
I droon two.'"

Modern Translation

"Tweed said to Till:
‘What makes you run so still?'
Till said to Tweed:
‘Though you run with speed,
And I run slow,
Where you drown one man,
I drown two.'"