text: " "Oh God grant that you may never learn what it is to betray; that you may never forget me for another!" "Ah Ammalat within these four days I have learned how bitter to me was separation! For a long time I have not seen my brothers Noutsal and Sourkha and I meet them with pleasure; but without them I do not grieve: without you I wish not to live!" "For thee I am ready to die my morning-star: to thee I give my soul--not only life my beloved!" The sound of footsteps interrupted the lovers' talk: it was Seltanetta's attendant