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And Allah favour him who said:-

Blest be his beauty; blest the Lord's decree * Who cast and

shaped a thing so bright of blee: All gifts of beauty he conjoins

in one; * Lost in his love is all humanity; For Beauty's self

inscribed on his brow * "I testify there be no Good but

he!"[FN#338]

When I looked at him my heart inclined to him and I loved him;

and he sat by my side and talked with me a while, when the young

lady again clapped her hands and behold, a side door opened and

out of it came the Kazi with his four assessors as witnesses; and

they saluted us and, sitting down, drew up and wrote out the

marriage contract between me and the youth and retired. Then he

turned to me and said, "Be our night blessed," presently adding,

"O my lady, I have a condition to lay on thee." Quoth I, "O my

lord, what is that?" Whereupon he arose and fetching a copy of

the Holy Book presented it to me saying "Swear hereon thou wilt

never look at any other than myself nor incline thy body or thy

heart to him." I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with

exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him

possessed my whole heart. Then they set the table[FN#339] before

us and we ate and drank till we were satisfied, but I was dying

for the coming of the night.