[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › [Basatin al-uns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns) › 3.18 # Basatin al-uns 3.18 Basātīn al-uns 3.18 - **Language:** Persian ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3.18) درخت همت او خود در ابتدا عالیست ز سدره بر گذرد چون به منتها برسد نسیم کرمش اگر بر اشجار مهرگان گذرد به جواهر ثمین آبستن شود، ابر فضلش اگر بر شورستان بارد از خاکش همه گیاه کیمیا3 روید، نفس از ذکر گلشن اخلاق او مشکین و قلم از تحریر اوصاف دست زاد او زرین گردد، حرص دیر سیر جز از نعم نامتناهی خوان احسان بی امتنانش محتلی نگشته، امید جهانگرد2 جز بر خاک آستان سلاطین پناهش مسکن و مأوی نساخته، مؤلف گوید2: > The tree of his aspiration is lofty from the very start; / it will surpass the Lote Tree when it reaches its end. > If the breeze of his generosity passes over the trees of autumn, they become pregnant with precious jewels; if the cloud of his favor rains upon > a salt marsh, from its soil grows only the herb of alchemy. Breath is musky from the mention of the rose garden of his virtues, and the pen from > and the pen turns golden from writing the descriptions of his direct creations; greedy desire, slow to be sated, has found no ornament except from the boundless boons of the table of his ungrudging benevolence; > and world-roving hope has made no dwelling or refuge except upon the dust of the threshold of his refuge-of-monarchs \[court\]. The author says: > The author says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3.14) - [Next: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3.24) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.3.18) · Pramāṇa