In this prose anecdote from the fifth garden (rowze) of Jami's Baharestan, a courteous youth called Ashtar falls in love with Jayda, a beauty of a noble tribe, and their bond of affection grows firm. Though they strive to conceal the secret from near and far, the tale turns on its embedded maxim: love is a secret that can neither be told nor hidden behind a hundred veils. Once their love is exposed, it kindles warfare between the two tribes, blood is shed, and the beloved's clan pulls up its tents and departs for another land, leaving the lovers to the anguish of separation. The story belongs to the Udhri-Arabic tradition of tragic lovers that Jami invokes to dramatize the uncontrollable, self-revealing nature of passionate love ('ishq) and the suffering that its disclosure brings.