A little later she took the prince into a private place and she made him take an oath of secrecy , and she herself took one and swore , ` By Heaven ! I will not tell your secret . Tell me all about yourself so that I may help you to get what you want . ' The prince now recognised in her words the perfume of true love , and he made compact with her . ' O lovely girl ! I want to know what the rose did to the cypress . Your mistress cuts off men 's heads because of this riddle ; what is at the bottom of it , and why does she do it ? ' Then Dil-aram answered : ` If you will promise to marry me and to keep me always amongst those you favour , I will tell you all I know , and I will keep watch about the riddle . ' ' O lovely girl , ' rejoined he , ` if I accomplish my purpose , so that I need no longer strive for it , I will keep my compact with you . When I have this woman in my power and have avenged my brothers , I will make you my solace . ' ' O wealth of my life and source of my joy ! ' responded Dil-aram , ' I do not know what the rose did to the cypress ; but so much I know that the person who told Mihr-afruz about it is a negro whom she hides under her throne . He fled here from Waq of the Caucasus -- it is there you must make inquiry ; there is no other way of getting at the truth . ` On hearing these words , the prince said to his heart , ' O my heart ! your task will yet wear away much of your life . ' He fell into long and far thought , and Dil-aram looked at him and said : ' O my life and my soul ! do not be sad . If you would like this woman killed , I will put poison into her cup so that she will never lift her head from her drugged sleep again . ' ' O Dil-aram ! such a vengeance is not manly .
I shall not rest till I have gone to Waq of the XXXXX and have cleared up the matter . '
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