The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . me to her tomb, that I may visit her at her grave,and inscribe some verses upon it. I replied, To-morrow, if it be thewill of God, whose name be exalted!—So I remained with her thatnight, and frequently she said to me, Would that thou hadst told meof thy cousin before her death ! And I asked her, What is themeaning of these words which she said—Fidelity is good, and treacheryis base ? But she answered me not. In the morning, therefore, she arose, and, taking a purse con-taining some pieces
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . me to her tomb, that I may visit her at her grave,and inscribe some verses upon it. I replied, To-morrow, if it be thewill of God, whose name be exalted!—So I remained with her thatnight, and frequently she said to me, Would that thou hadst told meof thy cousin before her death ! And I asked her, What is themeaning of these words which she said—Fidelity is good, and treacheryis base ? But she answered me not. In the morning, therefore, she arose, and, taking a purse con-taining some pieces of gold, said to me, Arise, and shew me thetomb, that I may visit it, and write upon it some verses, and buildover it a cupola, and pray for mercy upon her, and bestow thesepieces of -old in alms for her soul. I replied, I hear and I walked before her, and she followed me, and employed her-self in givin°- alms on the way as she went, and every time that shedid so she said, This is an alms for the soul of Azeezeh, who con-cealed her secret until she drank the cup of death, and revealed. not her love. Thus she continued to give of the contents of thepurse, and to say, For the soul of Azeezeh,—until we arrived atthe tomb, and the contents of the purse were exhausted; and whenshe beheld the tomb, she threw herself upon it, and wept then took forth a pointed instrument of steel, and a small mallet,and engraved upon the stone at the head of the tomb, in smallcharacters, these verses :— I passed by an undistinguished tomb in the midst of a garden, with seven anemones upon it j38-And I said, Whose tomb is this ? The soil answered, Be respectful, for this is the resting-place of a I said, God keep thee, O victim of love, and lodge thee in the highest stage of Paradise!How miserable are lovers among the creation, when even their tombs are covered with vile dust !Were I able [O tomb], I would make of thee a garden, and water it with my streaming t
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