6. Oh! Nevai, as the loved give so much pain, it is certain that absence has its pangs, and the return no aid. His Tchihardivan is beautiful, in which he celebrates the various ages of men, as also his adaptation of the well-known romances, Ferhad and Shirin, Medjnun and Leila, Yusuf and Zuleikha, &c. Also his versification of some stories out of the 1,001 Nights, among which Prince Seif-ul-Muluk is the most successful. The following will serve as a specimen of the latter. _How Seif-ul-Muluk sets out from the town of Tchin, and journeys to the sea._ 1. Come, tale-teller, let us hear the story of the adverse fate that befel the king's son? 2. The tale-teller replied, "That is hard to do; for the sword of sorrow cleaves the breast." 3. The prince had everything prepared for his departure, and first enquired about the town of Katine. 4. Satisfactory information was soon received; all his effects brought to the ship. 5. The whole crew were on board, the officers stood prepared, and the army equipped. 6. Then the prince betook himself on board, and confided his person to the "god's device" (the ship). 7. The pilots led the way, followed by an endless host of ships. 8. There sat the prince in sweet reverie, with smiling lips and a heart free from sorrow. 9. Six months he went across the sea, with pilot carefully watching his way. 10. Soon, Fate made him feel the sting of envy, and maliciously opposed him. 11. The sea became moved and girded on the blood-thirsty sword. 12. She opened herself, and the deluge wildly burst forth,--a deluge on all sides of streams of fire. 13. Every moment she showed a fresh scene of horror--every instant makes a thousand souls tremble. 14. Wildly swelled the waves, and threatened with mighty floods: with blood-thirsty jaws rush and roar the waters of the sea. 15. Then dark fearful winds arise--the horizon veils itself in pitchy darkness, and from the surface of the sea there sounds forth wild lamentation. 16. The day, bright with the sun, becomes a pitch-dark night. What a fearful day! It is the image of the day of judgment. 17. Wherever thou lookest no man is visible, not even the hand before the eyes,--all, and over all, is water. 18. The salt waves toss and roll incessantly, and raise the ships with keels upward. 19. Ever does the mighty sea rage and roar and mount with fury from the deep abyss. 20. Wild cries of creatures break out together, you would think it was the day of Resurrection. 21. In frightful hurly-burly one ship runs into the other; they split, and sink to the bottom of the sea. 22. The yards break, the planks fall in pieces, no possibility of escape. 23. Those hundred ships, said the tale-teller; that crew, those possessions, 24. All was wrecked on the sea coast, not a trace remained behind on the surface of the waters."