Then she folded her wings and stood by the bed and,drawing back the coverlid,discovered Kamar alZaman's face. She was motionless for a full hour in admiration and wonderment;for the lustre of his visage outshone that of the candle;his face beamed like a pearl with light;his eyelids were languorous like those of the gazelle;the pupils of his eyes were intensely black and brilliant[241];his cheeks were rosy red;his eyebrows were arched like bows and his breath exhaled a scent of musk,even as saith of him the poet,'I kissed him:darker grew those pupils,[242] which Seduce my soul,and cheeks flushed rosier hue;
O heart,if slanderers dare to deem there be His like in chasms,Say 'Bring him hither,you!'