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Blest in her view with conscious pride

I yet would were the [afs?] hide

Sweet Zephyr to my fair impart

The anguish of my fainting heart

Gheti Afroz comprehended his meaning and instantly exclaimed in a loud voice, [“]My faithful Melech Mahommed[,] why as you not resume your own own form[.”] [W]hen the dog heard the voice of the princess[,] he wiled rapidly round and resumed his own form amid the doges like a flash of lightening[.] [W]hen Anu Shah was informed of this event he bit his nails in astonishment and vexation and finding himself without remedy he sat stock still with shame and mortification. Gheti Afroz in the kindest and tenderest manner said to Melech Mahommed [“]How stupidly have I managed the business that you have heard nothing of what has happened[,”] for indeed the luckless lover had heard nothing of the adventures at the Palace of the Peris. Gheti Afroz then informed him all her proceedings for which he was extremely grateful and said

For thy dear love who would not bear

Adventures ever strange and rare

The jovial assembly met and Ruh Afza handed