قامت السوق يشتري الناس فيها
ويبيعون بالنقود الصحيحهْ
The market opened, and people buy there,
The market opened; people buy there
And sell for genuine coin.
and sell for genuine coin.
وارتضى الكل ربحه غير أني
بعت عقلي بنظرة في مليحهْ
Everyone was content with his profit—only I
And all were content with their profit, except that I
Sold my reason for one glance at a beauty.
sold my reason for a glance at a beauty.
ظلمتني فمن مجيريَ من ذا
ت ثراء غريمة وشحيحهْ
She wronged me; who, then, will rescue me from a...
She wronged me—who will protect me from a woman
...wealthy woman—my creditor and adversary—yet miserly?
of wealth, an adversary and a miser?
Sol 6.1