'O my lady，'said the broker'look who pleases thee of these that are presentand point him outthat I may sell thee to him.'So she looked round the ring of merchantsexamining them one by onetill her eyes rested on Ali Shar. His sight cost her a thousand sighs and her heart was taken with him： for that he was passing fair of favour and more pleasant than the northern zephyr；and she said'O brokerI will be sold to none but my lord therehe of the handsome face and slender shapewhom the poet describes in the following verses：
They showed thy lovely face and railed At her whom ravishment assailed.
Had they desired to keep me chasteThy face so fair they should have veiled.
None shall possess me but he，'added she；'for his cheek is smooth and the water of his mouth sweet as Selsebil；his sight is a cure for the sick and his charms confound poet and prosereven as saith one of him：
The water of his mouth is wineand very musk The fragrance of his breath；his teeth are camphor white.
Rizwan hath put him our from paradisefor fear The black-eyed girls of heaven be tempted with the wight.
Men blame him for his pride；but the full moon's excuseHow proud so'er it befinds favour in our sight.
Him of the curling locks and rose-red cheeks and enchanting glancesof whom saith the poet：
A slender loveling promised me his favours fair and free；So my heart's restless and my eye looks still his sight to see.
His eyelids warranted me the keeping of his troth；But how shall theythat bankrupt arefulfil their warranty？
And as saith another：
'The of whiskers on his cheek，'quoth they'is plain to see： How canst thou then enamoured be of himand whiskered he？'
Quoth I'Have done with blame and leave your censuringI pray.
As if it be a very it is a forgery.
Loin the gathering of his cheeks the meads of Eden beAnd more by token that his lips are Kautherverily.'
When the broker heard the verses she repeated on the charms of Ali Sharhe marvelled at her eloquenceno less than at the brightness of her beauty；but her owner said to him'Marvel not at her beautythat shames the sun of daynor that her mind is stored with the choicest verses of the poets；forbesides this，she can repeat the glorious Koranaccording to the seven readingsand the august Traditionsafter the authentic text；and she writes the seven hands and is versed in more branches of knowledge than the most learned doctor. Moreoverher hands are better than gold and silver；for she makes curtains of silk and sells them for fifty dinars each；and it takes her eight days to make a curtain.'Happy the man，'exclaimed the broker'who hath her in his house and maketh her of his privy treasures！'And her owner said'Sell her to whom she will.'So the broker went up to Ali Shar and kissing his handssaid to him'O my lordbuy thou this damselfor she hath made choice of thee.'Then he set forth to him all her charms and accomplishmentsand added： 'I give thee joyif thou buy herfor she is a gift from Him who is no niggard of His giving.'