When he had ended repeating these verses，he laid his head on his pillow and closed his eyes and slept.Then saw he in his sleep one who said to him，'Rejoice，for thy son shall fill the lands with justest sway；and he shall rule them and him shall the lieges obey.'；Then he awoke from his dream gladdened by the good tidings he had seen，and after a few days，Death smote him，and because of his dying great grief fell on the people of Baghdad，and simple and gentle mourned for him.But Time passed over him，as though he had never been[63] and Kanmakan's estate was changed；for the people of Baghdad set him aside and put him and his family in a place apart.Now when his mother saw this，she fell into the sorriest of plights and said，'There is no help but that I go to the Grand Chamberlain，and I must hope for the aidance of the Subtle，the AllWise！'Then she rose from her place and betook herself to the house of the Chamberlain who was now become Sultan，and she found him sitting upon his carpet.So she went in to his wife，Nuzhat alZaman，and wept with sore weeping and said unto her，'Verily the dead hath no friend！ May Allah never bring you to want as long as your age and the years endure，and may you cease not to rule justly over rich and poor.
Thine ears have heard and thine eyes have seen all that was ours of kingship and honour and dignity and wealth and fair fortune of life and condition；and now Time hath turned upon us，and fate and the world have betrayed us and wrought in hostile way with us，wherefore I come to thee craving thy favours，I from whom favours were craved： for when a man dieth，women and maidens are brought to despisal.'And she repeated these couplets，'Suffice thee Death such marvels can enhance，
And severed lives make lasting severance：
Man's days are marvels，and their stations are
But waterpits[64] of misery and mischance.
Naught wrings my heart save loss of noble friends，Girt round by rings of hard，harsh circumstance.'