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Now seven fair orbs in radiant circles set
Well round the proud celestial minaret
And from the starry tapers of the sky
The lamp of night relumes [like re-illuminates]? her beams on high
At the time of sunset the Shah of the sunlike countenance dissolved the festive party and returned to the palace and everyone went to his own abode [.] The Shah was in a tranquil slumber when a tempest and whirlwind arose and the thunder began to resound dreadfully[,] and the face of the earth was still and black[.] After some time the violence of the wind and rain abated and the voice of the thunder ceased[,] when the Shah[,] being awake[,] suddenly heard a voice of lamentation[,] and as he listened to the voice seemed evidently to proceed from a soul in deep distress[.] The Shah arose and entered the hall of audience where he found Diu Faz[.] He instantly laid hold of his hand and conducted him to his own chamber[.]
[“]Listen[,][“] said he [,][“] What voice is that which I hear[?”]
Diu Faz answered[,][“] It is the same voice which I have heard these several nights but I was unwilling to attend to it without your permission[.] If
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