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Updated: August 13, 2024
About her middle she wore a girdle set with various kinds of precious stones, and she advanced with a graceful and coquettish gait, till she came to the couch that stood at the upper end of the chamber and seated herself thereon. When Ali ben Bekkar saw her, he repeated the following couplets: Yes, this is she indeed, the source of all my ill, For whom with long desire I languish at Love's will.
Thou hearest what I say to thee and if thou disobey me, thou wilt incur my displeasure and I will never again visit thee or salute thee. 'On my head and eyes, answered Aboulhusn; 'God preserve me from thy displeasure, fair lady! Then she rose and went away, leaving Ali ben Bekkar in a state of bewilderment.
Then they said to Ali ben Bekkar, 'And who art thou and what is thy condition? And he answered, 'I am of the common people. So they carried us to their abode, and we hurried on with them for fear; but when they had us with them in the house, they looked at me and seeing the clothes I wore and my necklaces and jewellery, believed me not and said to me, 'No singing-girl ever had such jewels as these; tell us the truth of thy case. I returned them no answer, saying in myself, 'Now will they kill me for my clothes and ornaments; and I spoke not a word.
Then they said to me, 'Part of what we took from thy house is spent, but here is what is left of it. So saying, they gave me back the most part of my goods and engaged to return them to my house and restore me the rest. So my heart was set at ease, and some of them abode with me, whilst the rest fetched Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar, who were well-nigh dead for excess of fear.
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