Presently she felt a breath upon her face; whereupon she awoke and found Queen Kemeriyeh kissing her, and with her her three sisters, Queen Jemreh, Queen Wekhimeh and Queen Sherareh.  So she arose and kissed their hands and rejoiced in them with the utmost joy and they abode, she and they, in talk and converse, what while she related to them her history, from the time of her purchase by the Mughrebi to that of her coming to the slave-dealers’ barrack, where she besought Ishac en Nedim to buy her, and how she won to Er Reshid, till the moment when Iblis came to her and brought her to them.  They gave not over talking till the sun declined and turned pale and the season of sundown drew near and the day departed, whereupon Tuhfeh was instant in supplication to God the Most High, on the occasion of the prayer of sundown, that He would reunite her with her lord Er Reshid.

After this, she abode with the four queens, till they arose and entered the palace, where she found the candles lit and ranged in candlesticks of gold and silver and censing-vessels of gold and silver, filled with aloes-wood and ambergris, and there were the kings of the Jinn sitting.  So she saluted them, kissing the earth before them and doing them worship; and they rejoiced in her and in her sight.  Then she ascended [the estrade] and sat down upon her chair, whilst King Es Shisban and King El Muzfir and Queen Louloueh and [other] the kings of the Jinn sat on chairs, and they brought tables of choice, spread with all manner meats befitting kings.  They ate their fill; after which the tables were removed and they washed their hands and wiped them with napkins.  Then they brought the wine-service and set on bowls and cups and flagons and hanaps of gold and silver and beakers of crystal and gold; and they poured out the wines and filled the flagons.

Then Iblis took the cup and signed to Tuhfeh to sing; and she said, ‘Hearkening and obedience.’  So she took the lute and tuning it, sang the following verses: 

Drink ever, O lovers, I rede you, of wine And praise his desert
     who for yearning doth pine,
Where lavender, myrtle, narcissus entwine, With all sweet-scented
     herbs, round the juice of the vine.

So Iblis the Accursed drank and said, ’Well done, O desire of hearts! but thou owest me yet another song.’  Then he filled the cup and signed to her to sing.  Quoth she, ’Hearkening and obedience,’ and sang the following verses: 

Ye know I’m passion-maddened, racked with love and languishment,
     Yet ye torment me, for to you ’tis pleasing to torment. 
Between mine eyes and wake ye have your dwelling-place, and thus
     My tears flow on unceasingly, my sighs know no relent. 
How long shall I for justice sue to you, whilst, with desire For
     aid, ye war on me and still on slaying me are bent! 
To me your rigour love-delight, your distance nearness is; Ay,
     your injustice equity, and eke your wrath consent. 
Accuse me falsely, cruelly entreat me; still ye are My heart’s
     beloved, at whose hands no rigour I resent.