1. In the world of dreams I saw your riding camels
Entering our village this Friday

2. And you saw the abundant pools that still
Maintain their glory for the glory of health

3. So you sought the owners and ordered
Them thrown at once into the depths of the pools

4. And the elders over them, led by
Ismail and then Bazmakh

5. So the marsh people gathered with their swords
And with each a plow to remove the bumps

6. And their palm leaves behind them, and their sons
This one with a basket, that with a pot

7. Even the agent came wanting to please you
Never ceasing to make effort upon effort

8. As for the judge of the armies, I cannot recall
His presence at the gathering

9. And there the officer beats a fifth
In a sixth, and wanders amid the crowd

10. And I say to him, had you taken care and not tired
You could have prevented the evil of these bells

11. Then you turned towards us and stayed
That night here in happiness

12. And I, when sleep had nearly overtaken me
Awoke feeling most healthy

13. Perhaps I was pleased in a dream, and it was not
Like what I saw in wakefulness