And after these cadences she wrote these couplets，'Fate hath commanded I become thy fere，O shining like full moon when clearest clear！
All beauty dost embrace，all eloquence；
Brighter than aught within our worldly sphere：
Content am I my torturer thou be：
Haply shalt alms me with one lovely leer！
Happy her death who dieth for thy love！
No good in her who holdeth thee unclear！'
And also the following couplets，'Unto thee，As'ad！ I of passionpangs complain；
Have ruth on slave of love so burnt with flaming pain：
How long，I ask，shall hands of Love disport with me，
With longings，dolour，sleepliness and bale and bane？
Anon I 'plain of sea in heart，anon of fire
In vitals，O strange case，dear wish，my fairest fain！
O blamer，cease thy blame，and seek thyself to fly
From love，which makes these eyne a rill of tears to rain.
How oft I cry for absence and desire，Ah grief！
But all my crying naught of gain for me shall gain：
Thy rigours dealt me sickness passing power to bear，
Thou art my only leach，assain me an thou deign！
O chider，chide me not in caution，for I doubt
That plaguey Love to thee shall also deal a bout.'
Then Queen Budur perfumed the letterpaper with a profusion of odoriferous musk and，winding it in her hairstrings which were of Iraki silk，with pendants of oblong emeralds，set with pearls and stones of price，delivered it to the old woman，bidding her carry it to Prince As'ad.[361] She did so in order to pleasure her，and going in to the Prince，straightway and without stay，found him in his own rooms and delivered to him the letter in privacy；after which she stood waiting an hour or so for the answer.