Chapter 65

Pardon my fault, for 'tis the wise man's wont ✿ All faults to pardon and revenge forgo: In sooth all manner faults in me contain ✿ Then deign of goodness mercy-grace to show: Whoso imploreth pardon from on High ✿ Should hold his hand from sinners here below. Said the Ifrit, "Lengthen not thy words! As to my slaying thee fear it not, and as to my pardoning thee hope it not; but from my bewitching thee there is no escape." Then he tore me from the ground which closed under my feet and flew with me in…