Would I even think twice about it?

Would I even think twice about it?

Balkh, Bukhara, Samarkand.

Dear love, imagine me presenting you

with these cities, their thrills and their trinkets.

Or how about asking the emperor

if he will give you these towns?

He is grander and wiser;

but he doesn't know how to love.

Your majesty, giving such presents

is something you will never bring yourself to do.

For this, you have to have such a girl

and you have to be a beggar, like me.