speak the Queen.Did I not say to thee：'Return presently to thine own country and I will give thee that to which no mortal may avail？'And did I forbid thee from all this？ But thou wouldst not obey me nor listen to my words；nay，thou rejectedst my counsel and chosest to bring destruction on me and on thyself.
Up，then，and take that which thou hast chosen；for death is near hand.Arise： speak with yonder vile harlot[151] and tyrant that she is！'So Hasan arose，broken-spirited，heavy，hearted；and full of fear，and crying，'O Preserver，preserve Thou me！ O my God，be gracious to me in that which Thou hast decreed to me of Thine affliction and protect me，O Thou the most Merciful of the Mercifuls！'Then，despairing of his life，he followed the twenty Mamelukes，the Chamberlain and the crone to the Queen's presence，where he found his two sons Nasir and Mansur sitting in her lap，whilst she played and made merry with them.As soon as his eyes fell on them，he knew them and crying a great cry fell down a-fainting for excess of joy at the sight of his children.--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the Eight Hundred and Fifteenth Night； She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when Hasan's eyes fell upon his two sons，he knew them both and crying a great cry fell down a-fainting.They also knew him[152] and natural affection moved them so that they freed themselves from the Queen's lap and fell upon Hasan，and Allah （to whom belong Might and Majesty，） made them speak and say to him，'O our father！'Whereupon the old woman and all who were present wept for pity and tenderness over them and said，'Praised be Allah；who hath reunited you with your Sire！'Presently，Hasan came to himself and embracing his children，wept till again he swooned away，and when he revived，he recited these verses；'By rights of you，this heart of mine could ne'er aby * Severance from you albeit Union death imply！
Your phantom saith to me，'A-morrow we shall meet！'* Shall I despite the foe the morrow-day espy？