[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) › 71.42 # Basatin al-uns 71.42 Basātīn al-uns 71.42 - **Language:** Persian ### [71.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.42) نشاید کرد هر کس محرم رازکه ناگه دشمنی گردد کمین ساز ز بهر گفتنش گر بایدت یار ز دل محرم تری دیگر میندار چه در کتب حکمای گذشته مسطور است: هر کاری که مرد خردمند عاقبتاندیش و روشن رای دوربین را پیش آید و همت او بر اتمام آن مقصور و خاطرش به پرداخت آن متعلق بود و بهقدر قدرت انسانی و وسع طاقت بشری در اخفای آن آثار صبر جمیل به اظهار رساند. > It is not fitting to make anyone a confidant of secrets, / lest suddenly an enemy lie in ambush. > If you need a companion to speak of it, / consider none more intimate than your own heart.' > For it is written in the books of the ancient sages: 'Whatever task confronts an intelligent, prudent, and > far-sighted man of clear intellect, and his resolution is restricted to completing it and his mind is occupied with attending to it, > must, to the extent of human capability and the limit of human endurance, bring to manifestation the signs of beautiful patience in concealing it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 71.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.35) - [Next: 71.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.47) - [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.71.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.71.42) · Pramāṇa