blood their laws allow；
That naught can love-sicks do but lavish soul，* And stake in love-play life on single throw：[62]
I cry in longing ardour for my love： * Lover can only weep and wail Love-lowe.'
When the sun rose he opened the door，went forth of the chamber and mounted to the stead where he was before： then he sat down facing the pavilion and awaited the return of the birds till nightfall；but they returned not；wherefore he wept till he fell to the ground in a fainting-fit.When he came to after his swoon；he dragged himself down the stairs to his chamber；and indeed；the darkness was come and straitened upon him was the whole world and he ceased not to weep and wail himself through the livelong night，till the day broke and the sun rained over hill and dale its rays serene.He ate not nor drank nor slept，nor was there any rest for him；but by day he was distracted and by night distressed，with sleeplessness delirious and drunken with melancholy thought and excess of love-longing.And he repeated the verses of the love-distraught poet；'O thou who shamest sun in morning sheen * The branch confounding，yet with nescience blest；
Would Heaven I wot an Time shall bring return * And quench the fires which flame unmanifest，--
Bring us together in a close embrace，* Thy cheek upon my cheek；thy breast abreast！
Who saith，In Love dwells sweetness？ when in Love * Are bitterer days than Alo‰s[63] bitterest.'
--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
When it was the Seven Hundred and Eighty-eighty Night； She pursued，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when Hasan the goldsmith felt love redouble upon him，he recited those lines；and，as he abode thus in the stress of his love-distraction，alone and finding none to cheer him with company，behold，there arose a dust-cloud from the desert；wherefore he ran down and hid himself knowing that the Princesses who owned the castle had returned.Before long，the troops halted and dismounted round the palace and the seven damsels alighted and entering，put off their arms and armour of war.As for the youngest，she stayed not to doff her weapons and gear；but went straight to Hasan's chamber，where finding him not，she sought for him，till she lighted on him in one of the sleeping closets hidden，feeble and thin，with shrunken body and wasted bones and indeed his colour was changed and his eyes sunken in his face for lack of food and drink and for much weeping，by reason of his love and longing for the young lady.When she saw him in this plight，she was confounded and lost her wits；but presently she questioned him of his case and what had befallen him，saying，'Tell me what aileth thee，O my brother，that I may contrive to do away thine affliction，and I will be thy ransom！'[64] Whereupon he wept with sore weeping and by way of reply he began reciting；'Lover，when parted from the thing he loves，* Has naught save weary woe and bane to bear.