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Examples
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I did so; and when she heard it she wept with much weeping and repeated the following verses,
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Now when time waxed tiresome and tedious to her and anguish and distress grew on her, she burst out from her oppressed heart with these verses,
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And he wept and wailed and began reciting these verses,
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As he turned to depart she said, “Forget not the compact which is between me and thee,” then she rose to bid212 him farewell and embrace him and quench the fire of desire, so she took leave of him and, throwing her arms round his neck, wept with exceeding weeping, and repeated these verses,
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After a while they came to themselves, and Nuzhat al-Zaman rejoiced with exceeding joy: oppression and depression left her and gladness took the mastery of her, and she repeated these verses,
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Then they continued their journey, cutting across river vales and plains, words and stony wastes, till one night, as Taj al-Muluk was sleeping, he dreamt that his beloved was with him and that he embraced her and pressed her to his bosom; and he awoke quivering, shivering with pain, delirious with emotion, and improvised these verses,
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Thereupon he recovered from his drunkenness and, throwing himself upon the ground, repeated these verses,
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Then she took an instrument and, changing the measure, began singing these verses,
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So the youth drew it out from under his thigh, and wept and moaned and redoubled his sighs and groans, and repeated these verses,
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Then he bade one of the damsels sing: so she took a lute and tuning it struck the chords, and began to sing these verses,
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