after which rising abruptly，she made the minor ablution and betook herself to her devotions；nor did she leave praying till Hayat alNufus fell asleep，when she slips into bed and lay with her back to her till morning. And when day had broke the King and Queen came in to their daughter and asked her how she did.
whereupon she told them what she had seen，and repeated to them the verses she had heard. Thus far concerning Hayat alNufus and her father；but as regards Queen Budur she went forth and seated herself upon the royal throne and all the Emirs and Captains and Officers of state came up to her and wished her joy of the kingship，kissing the earth before her and calling down blessings upon her. And she accosted them with smiling face and clad them in robes of honour，augmenting the fiefs of the high officials and giving largesse to the levies；wherefore all the people loved her and offered up prayers for the long endurance of her reign，doubting not but that she was a man. And she ceased not sitting all day in the hall of audience，bidding and forbidding；dispensing justice，releasing prisoners and remitting the customsdues，till nightfall，when she withdrew to the apartment prepared for her. Here she found Hayat alNufus seated，so she sat down by her side and，clapping her on the back，coaxed and caressed her and kissed her between the eyes，and fell to versifying in these couplets，'What secret kept I these my tears have told，And my waste body must my love unfold：
Though hid my pine，my plight on parting day
To every envious eye my secret sold：
O ye who broke up camp，you've left behind
My spirit wearied and my heart acold：
In my hearts core ye dwell，and now these eyne
Roll blooddrops with the tears they whilome rolled：
The absent will I ransom with my soul；
All can my yearning for their sight behold：
I have an eye whose babe，[314] for love of thee，
Rejected sleep nor hath its tears controlled.
The foeman bids me patient bear his loss，
Ne'er may mine ears accept the ruth he doled！