[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) › 77.248 # Basatin al-uns 77.248 Basātīn al-uns 77.248 - **Language:** Persian ### [77.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77.248) زبان می گوید: دل تو از توقد نیران فرقت همدم آتشکده رومیان گشته است، اگر دهان به تقریر پیغام او بگشایم زبانهای آن مراد کاغذ و قلم را پاک بسوزاند و خاکستر گرداند، نه من تو را به کام توانم رسانید و نه خامه دستگیری تواند کرد، این ورق تمنا در نورد و از این فکرت بی فایده باز کرد «الرجوع الی الحق خیر من التمادی فی الباطل»1. > The tongue says: ‘From the blazing of the fires of separation your heart has become a companion to the fire-temple of the Romans; if I open my mouth > to deliver his message, the flames of that desire will utterly burn the paper and pen and turn them to ashes. Neither can I > bring you to your desire, nor can the reed pen give assistance; fold up this leaf of longing and turn back from this > useless thought, for “Returning to the truth is better than persisting in falsehood.”’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 77.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77.246) - [Next: 77.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77.252) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns~en-mt.77.248) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.basatin-al-uns.77.248) · Pramāṇa