38 Life and Writings 
the meeting, and the honour of Roodabah is 
not compromised. 
The slaves return to their mistress to ren- 
der an account of their embassy, and express 
the highest admiration of the personal graces 
of the hero. ‘The irony of her reply, in al- 
lusion to their former depreciation of him, is 
animated and natural. 
Then the Princess exclaim’d to the slaves, 
, Have ye then changed your opinion and coun- 
sel! 
Is this the Zaul nursed by the seemurgh? 
. This the old man grey and withered? 
‘Now his cheeks are like the arghavan ; 
He is lofty of stature and graceful in form! 
You have exalted my charms before him ; 
‘You have spoken, and demanded a price. 
She spoke, and her lips were suffused with 
smiles, 
But her cheeks crimsoned like the flower of 
the pomegranate. 
The interview of the lovers takes place in 
a private pavilion, belonging to the Princess: 
the description of their meeting is marked 
by some touchesof great delicacy and beauty. 
