148 AMRA. 



Faizi called upon the name of her lie loved : he snatched the veil 

 from that once lovely face that face which had never been revealed 

 to him but in tender and soul-beaming beauty. He looked, and 

 fell senseless on the floor. 



The unhappy Amra, in recovering from her long swoon, had fallen 

 into a stupor, which her attendants mistook for slumber, and left her 

 for a short interval. She awoke, wretched girl, alone, she awoke to 

 the sudden and maddening sense of her lost state, to all the pangs of 

 outraged love, violated faith, shame, anguish, and despair. In a 

 paroxysm of delirium, when none were near to soothe or to save, she 

 had made her own luxuriant and beautiful tresses the instrument of 

 her destruction, and choked herself by swallowing her hair. 



When the emissaries of the sultan entered this house of desolation, 

 they found Faizi still insensible at the side of her he had so loved. 

 He was borne away before recollection returned, placed in the litter 

 which had been prepared for Amra, and carried to Ferrukabad, where 

 ih(! sultan was then hunting with his whole court. What became of 

 the old Brahman is not known. He passed away like a shadow from 

 the earth, "and his place knew him not." Whether he sought a 

 voluntary death, or wore away his remaining years in secret penance, 

 can only be conjectured, for all search was vain. 



Jv.i stern records tell, that Faizi kept his promise sacred, and never 

 revealed the mysteries intrusted to him. Yet he retained the favour 

 <>f Akbar, by whose command he translated from the Sanscrit tongue 

 several poetical and historical works into the choicest Persian. He 

 became himself an illustrious poet; and, like other poets of greater 

 fame, created " an immortality of his tears." He acquired the title 

 of Shcich, or " the learned," and rose to the highest civil offices of 

 the empire. All outward renown, prosperity, and fame, were his ; 

 but there was, at least, retributive justice in his early and tragical 

 death. 



Towards the conclusion of Ak bar's reign, Abul Fazil was sent 

 upon a secret mission into the Deccan, and Faizi accompanied him. 

 The favour which these celebrated brothers enjoyed at court, their 

 influence over the mind of the sultan, and their entire union, had 

 long excited the jealousy of Prince Selim, the eldest son of Akbar, 

 and he had vowed their destruction. On their return from the south, 

 with a small escort, they were attacked by a numerous band of ass- 

 assins, disguised as robbers, and both perished. Faizi was found 

 lying upon the body of Abul Fazil, whom he had bravely defended 

 to the last. The death of these illustrious brothers was lamented, 

 not only within the bounds of the empire, but through all the king- 



