1. I offered her whatever delights she desired,
So she would be pleased, but she said "Arise and bring me a star."

2. So I said to her "This obstinacy is but
Like one who craves the flesh of the wild ass of the west."

3. Ask me for anything reasonable that suits your request,
And wander not, O pearl, into every doctrine.

4. For had I possessed the generosity of a generous man,
By his glory, that would not have been my quest.

5. A man who suffered loss from his generosity,
Just as Qays suffered from the spears of Taghlib.