to be made to comfort the wazir's widow in her "grief". As the two couples unite, the poet reflects on the fleetingness of "The Sands of Time". Roles and original Broadway cast Hajj – Alfred Drake The Wazir of Police – Henry Calvin Lalume – Joan Diener The Caliph – Richard Kiley Marsinah (Hajj's Daughter) – Doretta Morrow Chief Policeman – Tom Charlesworth Omar – Philip Coolidge Jawan – Truman Gaige Princess Samaris of Bangalore – Beatrice Kraft Ayah to Samaris – Thelma Dare Princess Zubbediya of Damascus – Florence Lessing Ayah to Zubbediya – Lucy Andonian Musical numbers Act 1 "Sands of Time" – Imam of the Mosque "Rhymes Have I" – Hajj and Marsinah "My Magic Lamp" - Marsinah† "Fate" – Hajj "Bazaar of the Caravans" – Street Dancer, Akbar, Assiz, Merchants and Shoppers "Not Since Nineveh" – Lalume, The Wazir of Police, Three Princesses of Ababu, Akbar, Assiz, Merchants and Shoppers "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" – Marsinah "Stranger in Paradise"* – Caliph and Marsinah "He's in Love!" – Chief Policeman, Second Policeman, Prosecutor, Three Princesses of Ababu, Akbar, Assiz, Caliph and Omar "Gesticulate" – Hajj and Wazir's Council "Bored"† – Lalume "Fate" (Reprise) – Hajj and Ladies of the Wazir's Harem Act 2 "Night of My Nights" – Caliph and Entourage "Stranger in Paradise" (Reprise) – Marsinah "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" (Reprise) – The Caliph "He's in Love!" (Reprise) – Entourage "Was I Wazir?" – The Wazir of Police, Policemen and Guards "Rahadlakum"* – Hajj, Lalume, Princess Zubbediya of Damascus, Princess Samaris of Bangalore, Three Princesses and Wazir's Harem "And This Is My Beloved" – Marsinah, Caliph, Hajj and The Wazir of Police "The Olive Tree" – Hajj "Ceremonial of the Caliph's Diwan" – Diwan Dancers "Presentation of Princesses" – Princess Zubbediya of Damascus, Ayah, Princess Samaris of Bangalore and Three Princesses of Ababu "Finale" – Ensemble and Hajj †Wright and Forrest composed the music for the bridge in "Stranger in Paradise" as well as the music for "Rahadlakum." The music for the latter was originally used in the Wright and Forrest song "I'm Going Moroccan for Johnny." Borodin source material According to Richard E. Rodda in his 2008 liner notes to recordings of Borodin works, Robert Wright and George Forrest specialized in "turning melodies from classical music into film scores and popular songs". The following Borodin works were used as musical sources for Kismet: In the