The lovely girl received her and her gift;

With fingers dyed with henna, she turned o’er

And stirred the raisins; and among them, lo!

The ring of the betrothal of her dream!

She knew it at a glance; deeply she sighed;

She paled, her eyes were darkened, and she swooned.

The old dame held her, and with sorrow said:

“O Guje-Zare! would I had been blind

And had not seen this sight! What is thy pain?

Dear soul, what ails thee? Ope thine eyes, thy lips!