[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) › 71.26 # Basatin al-uns 71.26 Basātīn al-uns 71.26 - **Language:** Persian ### [71.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.26) إذا اما رأته من بعید ترجلت و إن هی لم تفعل ترجل هامها و همیشه آب جوی جوانی او از شائبهآ کدورت شیب محروس و ایمن باشد و شعبهٔ‌ شبابش از صدمت خزان پیری شکسته و بی بار و برگ نگردد و تیر قدش کمان مثال بهصفت انحنا متصف نشود و سر و بالاش چون بالای سر بهحلهٔ‌ راستی ملبوس ماند و مانند او مدام سرسبز بود و بر آیین خسرو سیارگان بهآفتاب تیغ شرق و غرب عالم بگشاید و از نصرت و فیروزی بر تاجداران گردون سریر آسمان آسا بر سر آید و بر ضمیر هر که خیال خلاف نفاذ امر او بگذرد بیواسطهآ ضربت شمشیر سر از پیش ببرد و جدا شود و در سر هر سروری که باد عصیان حکم محکم او راه یابد بر طریق راه خاکسار آید و پایمال و بیسر جهانیان گردد، > "When she sees him from afar, she dismounts, / and if she does not do so, her head dismounts." > And the water of the brook of his youth shall always be protected and secure from the taint of the turbidity of old age; the bough of > his youth shall not be broken or stripped of fruit and foliage by the onslaught of the autumn of old age; the arrow of his stature shall not become bow-like by taking on the attribute of > curvature; his cypress-like height shall remain clothed, like the crown of the head, in the robe of rectitude and, like it, continuously > flourishing; in the manner of the king of the planets, he shall conquer the east and west of the world with the sun of his sword; and through victory and > triumph he shall rise above crown-bearers seated on sky-like thrones; and across the mind of whomever passes a thought contrary to the execution of > his command, without the mediation of a sword-strike his head shall advance forward and be severed; and into the head of whichever leader the wind of > rebellion against his firm command finds a way, he shall be humbled in the dust along the path, and become trampled and headless before the people of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 71.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.14) - [Next: 71.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.35) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns~en-mt.71.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.26) · Pramāṇa