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Updated: May 23, 2025
He fled here from Wāq of the Caucasus it is there you must make inquiry; there is no other way of getting at the truth. On hearing these words, the prince said to his heart, 'O my heart! your task will yet wear away much of your life. He fell into long and far thought, and Dil-arām looked at him and said: 'O my life and my soul! do not be sad.
I am in this difficulty: I do not know the way to Waq of the Caucasus. The old man of good counsel looked at the young prince and said: 'Turn back from this dangerous undertaking. Do not go; choose some other task! If you had a hundred lives you would not bring one out safe from this journey. But his words had no effect on the prince's resolve.
'Perīs who had seen Gul consumed by her love for me now interceded with the king, and said: "It is clear that your daughter's fortunes are bound up with his, for the fire has not hurt him. It is best to give him the girl, for they love one another. He is King of Wāq of Qāf, and you will find none better." 'To this the king agreed, and made formal marriage between Gul and me.
'O Lady Latifa, he said, 'I have made a compact with heaven not to sit down off my feet till I have been to Waq of Qaf and have cleared up this matter, and have taken Mihrafruz from her father, as brave men take, and have put her in prison.
Even when he was a deer the prince had much admired Jamīla; now he thought her a thousand times more lovely than before. He judged that in truth alone was safety, and so told her his whole story. Then she asked: 'O Prince Almās-ruh-bakhsh, do you still wish so much to make this journey to Wāq of Qāf? What hope is there in it?
'What object have you, the old man asked, 'in thus consuming your life? 'I have an important piece of business to do, and only this journey makes it possible. I must go; I pray you, in God's name, tell me the way. When the saint saw that the prince was not to be moved, he said: 'Learn and know, O youth! that Wāq of Qāf is in the Caucasus and is a dependency of it.
'What object have you, the old man asked, 'in thus consuming your life? 'I have an important piece of business to do, and only this journey makes it possible. I must go; I pray you, ill God's name, tell me the way. When the saint saw that the prince was not to be moved, he said: 'Learn and know, O youth! that Waq of Qaf is in the Caucasus and is a dependency of it.
If you would like this woman killed, I will put poison into her cup so that she will never lift her head from her drugged sleep again. 'O Dil-arām! such a vengeance is not manly. I shall not rest till I have gone to Wāq of the Caucasus and have cleared up the matter. Then they repeated the agreement about their marriage, and bade one another good-bye.
The prince now went back to the village, and told the old man that he was setting out on a long journey, and begged him not to be anxious, and to keep safe the goods which had been entrusted to him. The prince had not the least knowledge of the way to Wāq of the Caucasus, and was cast down by the sense of his helplessness.
If you would like this woman killed, I will put poison into her cup so that she will never lift her head from her drugged sleep again. 'O Dil-aram! such a vengeance is not manly. I shall not rest till I have gone to Waq of the Caucasus and have cleared up the matter. Then they repeated the agreement about their marriage, and bade one another goodbye.
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