When it was the Eight Hundred and Eighteenth Night； She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that the Princess ceased not to persuade him till he deigned give her leave to depart，and bade a thousand horse escort her to the river and abide there，till she entered her sister's city and palace and returned to them，when they should take her and carry her back to him.Moreover，he charged her tarry with her sister but two days and return to him in haste；and she answered；'Hearing and obedience.'Then rising up she went forth and he with her and farewelled her.Now his words had sunken deep into her heart and she feared for her children；but it availeth not to fortify herself by any device against the onset of Destiny.So she set out and fared on diligently three days，till she came to the river and pitched her tents on its bank.Then she crossed the stream，with some of her counsellors，pages and suite and；going up to the city and the palace，went in to Queen Nur al-Huda，with whom she found her children who ran to her weeping and crying out，'O our father！'At this，the tears railed from her eyes and she wept；then she strained them to her bosom；saying，'What！ Have you seen your sire at this time？ Would the hour had never been，in which I left him！ If I knew him to be in the house of the world，I would carry you to him.'Then she bemoaned herself and her husband and her children weeping and reciting these couplets；'My friends，despight this distance and this cruelty，* I pine for you，incline to you where'er you be.
My glance for ever turns toward your hearth and home * And mourns my heart the bygone days you woned with me；How many a night foregathered we withouten fear * One loving；other faithful ever，fain and free！'