34 Life and Writings 
May good fortune ever accompany your steps ! 
Now therefore be informed, 
That [ am agitated with love, as the raging 
ocean, 
Whose billows are heav’d to the sky. 
My heart is filled with the love of Zaul; 
In wy sleep, my thoughts still dwell upon 
him: 
He occupies my whole soul; 
Night and day his image is ever present to me. 
No one but you knows my secret, 
You,—my affectionate and faithful servants! 
What remedy do you now propose ? 
What is your counsel? what promise do you 
give me? 
Some remedy you must devise, 
To free my soul from this disquietude. 
Astonishment seized the slaves, 
That dishonour should invade the daughter of 
Kings ; 
In the anxiety of their hearts, they started 
from their seats, 
And all exclaimed with one voice: 
O crown of the princesses of the earth! 
Pre-eminent even among the illustrious! 
Whose praise is spread from India to China, 
Distinguished in the Haram like a precious 
gem; 
