And he whispered, 'Surely when they speak of thee they say not Bhanavar
solely, but Bhanavar the Beautiful?'
She started and sought the eye of the Chief, and it was fixed on her face
in a softened light, as if his soul had said that thing. Then she
sighed, and exclaimed, 'Unhappy are the beautiful! born to misery! Allah
dressed them in his grace and favour for their certain wretchedness! Lo,
their countenances are as the sun, their existence as the desert; barren
are they in fruits and waters, a snare to themselves and to others!'