He said to himself , ` God forbid that the veil should be taken in vain from my secret ; that would indeed disgrace me . ' So , with streaming eyes and burning breast , Dil-aram arose and went to her house and lamented and fretted . Now whenever the princess commanded the prince 's attendance , Dil-aram , of all the girls , paid him attention and waited on him best . The princess noticed this , and said : ' O Dil-aram ! you must take my madman into your charge and give him whatever he wants . ' This was the very thing Dilaram had prayed for . 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 !
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