Buy a lump of turquoise,
A scimitar, a neckerchief
Worked with rose and saffron for a lovely lady's needs?
Here we pass the goldsmiths, copper-, brass-, and silver-smiths,
All a-clang and jingle, all a-glint and gleam;
Here the silken webs hang,
Shimmering, delicate,
Soft-hued as an afterglow and melting as a dream.
Buy a little blue god brandishing a sceptre,
Buy a dove with coral feet and pearly breast;
Buy some ostrich-feathers,
Silver shawls, perfume-jars,
Buy a stick of incense for the shrine that you love best.
