1. وَبائع بعت روحي في مَحبّتهِ

    وَقُلت يا أَيُّها المولى بِها اِحتكمِ

    For love of a merchant, I sold my soul,

    And I said, “O master, do with it as you will.”

  2. يَمّمت دُكّانه حَتّى وَقفت بِها

    وَطالَ عَهد وُقوفي وَالمُحبّ عَمي

    I made for his shop until I stood within it,

    And long I remained standing—a lover is blind.

  3. وَقال ما تَشتَهي مِنّي فَقُلت لَهُ

    ما بِالكَرائم مِن لاميّة العَجمِ

    And he said, “What do you desire of me?” So I said to him:

    “What the noble women have in the Lāmiyyat al-ʿAjam.”