Arab Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)

Could it be from this book of Arab Folk Tales? That book has a few editions from other years so the cover may not be a match, but I think I found the poem you were talking about (except I can only see a small preview). Edit: some of the fragment I was able to see after the line about aubergine: Into the spice market she went , Over the grocer she leant , And she said , " Do you have peppers both black and red , And the root that burns like a flame ? " He asked , " For whom do you want the same