Hajj monologue (Act 5) — Kismet : $b An "Arabian night" in three acts

And I take it again at dark! That is Fate! Up, thou one-eyed curse! Learn to renounce! To the Caliph I may be dirt; but to dirt I am the Caliph! (_KASIM rises and, dropping the beggar’s cloak HAJJ gave him at sunrise, goes off by the alley, left. HAJJ takes it and wraps himself in it once more, then sits down on his seat with a loud sigh of relief._) Renunciation! There’s a sweet smack to it. A taste of having lived! And I have lived to-day. Mine enemies dead,—Marsinah wed,—Meccah to-morrow,—(_He yawns prodigiously._) My say is said. So glory be to the One, the Eternal! He who begetteth not, nor is begot; the Ruler of Tide and Time, who sleepeth not. (_Dropping off._) And to Mohammed, his Prophet—chosen—amongst——Mankind——Peace and————