Behold my change! You have done nobly. I!—

An. Can Hakeem kneel?

Dja. No Hakeem, and scarce Djabal!

I have dealt falsely, and this woe is come.

No—hear me ere scorn blast me! Once and ever,

The deed is mine! Oh think upon the past!

An. [To herself.] Did I strike once, or twice, or many times?

Dja. I came to lead my tribe where, bathed in glooms,

Doth Bahumid the Renovator sleep:

Anael, I saw my tribe: I said, "Without