I saw her sleeping daintily . She was most lovely , and I was so amazed at the perfection of her beauty that I stood with senses lost , and did not know if she were real or a dream . When at last I saw that she was a real girl , I returned thanks that I , the runner , had come to my goal , and that I , the seeker , had found my treasure . ` When the peri opened her eyes she asked in affright : `` Who are you ? Have you come to steal ? How did you get here ? Be quick ! save yourself from this whirlpool of destruction , for the demons and peris . who guard me will wake and seize you . '' ` But love 's arrow had struck me deep , and the girl , too , looked kindly on me . I could not go away . For some months I remained hidden in her house . ` We did not dare to let her mother know of our love . Sometimes the girl was very sad and fearful lest her mother should come to know . One day her father said to her : `` Sweetheart , for some time I have noticed that your beauty is not what it was . How is this ? Has sickness touched you ? Tell me that I may seek a cure . '' Alas ! there was now no way of concealing the mingled delight and anguish of our love ; from secret it became known .
I was put in prison and the world grew dark to my rose , bereft XXXXX her lover .
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