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178 O thou, for whom love-longing hath gotten hold of me, For love of whom distraction for ever on me grows, Have mercy, as thou fearest the Merciful, on me: The love of thee hath made me to taste of death, God knows.

Meanwhile, when Hassan came to the princesses, they conjured him to tarry with them three months [and he consented and sojourned with them for that time], after which they gave him five loads of gold and the like of silver and one load of victual and accompanied him on his homeward way, till he conjured them to return, whereupon the youngest came up to him, to bid him farewell, and embracing him, wept till she fainted. Then she recited the following verses:

Then came forward the second princess and embraced him and recited these verses:

Then came forward the third and embraced him and recited these verses:

Then came forward the fourth and embraced him and recited these verses: