[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) › 68.271 # Basatin al-uns 68.271 Basātīn al-uns 68.271 - **Language:** Persian ### [68.271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68.271) و اهرب الشدق قاسی القلب مطرح الحیا جهم المحتاسی ألخلق اشمس مذ لقبوها بالغزالد لم تطلع علی وجهه إلا علی فرق و تعطیه حیاء کی تسالمهخوف المنون طباء الجزع بالحدق سگ شیر صولت از شره دویدن زنجیر بر خود می گسست و به ناخنان داس مثال سرهای صید را مانند کاه میدرید، و بههنگام حمله برقوار میجست، در زمان جستن باد سریع السیر گرد او را درنمییافت و شیر گردون از مهابت آسیب یشک تیر تیر حدت او ناخن اندر پنجه پنهان میکرد و ثور و حمل از راه کهکشان سر زده میریخت و باز بلندپرواز مانند تیر پرتاب از شست تیرانداز بلند کمان در هوا میپرید و به زخم چنگال هلال مثال سر طائر را از فراز آسمان بر روی زمین فرود می آورد و به منقار نشتر کردار خون از رگ جان مرغان هوا می گشاد و به آسیب شهپر باد حرکت حیات اصناف طیر را بر باد میداد، شعر: > "Wide-jawed, hard-hearted, casting off shame, / stern-faced, evil of nature. > Ever since they called the sun a gazelle, / it has risen upon its face only in terror; > and the onyx-eyed gazelles out of fear of death / offer it shame through their eyes so that it may grant them peace." > The lion-valiant dog, from greed of running, snapped its chain, and with sickle-like claws tore the heads of prey like straw; > and at the time of attack it leapt like lightning; at the moment of its leap, the swift-paced wind could not overtake its dust; > and the celestial lion, out of awe at the impact of its arrow-sharp fangs, concealed its claws within its paw; > and Taurus and Aries fell headlong from the path of the Milky Way; and the high-flying falcon, like an arrow shot from the thumb ring of a high-bowed archer, flew in the air; > and with the strike of crescent-like talons, brought down the head of the bird from the height of heaven to the surface of the earth; > and with a lancet-like beak drew blood from the life-vein of the birds of the air; > and with the impact of its wind-swift wings blew the life of various kinds of birds to the wind. Verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 68.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68.264) - [Next: 68.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68.281) - [Up: 68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns~en-mt.68.271) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68.271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.68.271) · Pramāṇa