وتاجر قلت له إذا رَنا

وتاجر قلت له إذا رَنا

رفقاً بقلبٍ صبره حائر

رفقاً بقلبٍ صبره حائر

And a merchant—I said to him when he gazed:

And a merchant, I told him, if we become delighted,

“Be gentle with a heart whose patience is bewildered,

Be gentle with a heart whose patience is perplexed,

ومقلة تنهب طيب الكرى

ومقلة تنهب طيب الكرى

منها على عينك يا تاجر

منها على عينك يا تاجر

and an eye—you plunder sweet slumber

And an eyelash that plunders the goodness of meadows,

from it, before your very eyes, O merchant!”

From it, over your eye, O merchant