The Wazir replied，'I know none，save that，three years ago，his father required him to wed，but he refused；whereat the King was wroth and imprisoned him. And when he awoke on the morrow，he fancied that during the night he had been roused from sleep and had seen by his side a young lady of passing loveliness，whose charms tongue can never express；and he assured us that he had plucked off her sealring from her finger and had put it on his own and that she had done likewise；but we know not the secret of all this business. So by Allah，O my son，when thou comest up with me into the palace，look not on the Prince，but go thy way；for the Sultan's heart is full of wrath against me.'So said Marzawan to himself，'By Allah；this is the one I sought！'Then he followed the Wazir up to the palace，where the Minister seated himself at the Prince's feet；but Marzawan found forsooth nothing to do but go up to Kamar alZaman and stand before him at gaze.
Upon this the Wazir，died of affright in his skin，and kept looking at Marzawan and signalling him to wend his way；but he feigned not to see him and gave not over gazing upon Kamar al Zaman，till he was well assured that it was indeed he whom he was seeking，And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
When it was the One Hundred and Ninetyseventh Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when Marzawan looked upon Kamar alZaman and knew that it was indeed he whom he was seeking，he cried，'Exalted be Allah，Who hath made his shape even as her shape and his complexion as her complexion and his cheek as her cheek！'' Upon this Kamar alZaman opened his eyes and gave earnest ear to his speech；and，when Marzawan saw him inclining to hear，he repeated these couplets[287]，'I see thee full of song and plaint and love's own ecstasy；Delighting in describing all the charms of loveliness：
Art smit by stroke of Love or hath shaftshot wounded thee？