"well," said laili, "it is better that you should be killed than i, for if i were to be killed a second time, khuda would not give me my life again; but i can bring you to life if you are killed." now chumman basa had come quite near, and seemed very pleasant, so thought prince majnun; but when he was speaking to majnun, he drew his scimitar and cut off the prince's head at one blow.