[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Conquests (711–1206)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest) › [Taj al-maʾathir](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir) › 1.18 # Taj al-maʾathir 1.18 Tāj al-maʾāthir 1.18 - **Language:** Persian ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1.18) ررده - باد داده میشد و نوفمم می بود که هر غز و کیامت را محر و وتبنی ببد شود و مجاری مور بر وفو و نظام اول بارکردد و فراع ورفاهت و سکون و ستنامت روف نماید و زک اندوه و فرت از بیش اببنه مراد دن برحیزد و بیکر اخر امال ز عقدة وبان بپرور به و سوابر سر و فشه در دبار5 حراسد تسکیر بدیره و حواز اینآ ضرف به سرف عهد کنشه بار اید و برحلافا نسکر فش ر محن10 ناحنن اورد طرق امن به طوارف افت وبلا مسحون شد و فروستکی کار2 به سولبدکی حاز13 برافرون گسبت و12 اسر و سلامت13 از مبار خلق کران کرمت و بیشر عروس نهمت نتق حبت بسنه کنت و رحار امان وامان14 در احجاب توقف ماند وار تفلاب و براجع روزکار ترتیب و نمیر نیسیر برحاست12 و از تکذر ایم کر سورت منت سمت خینت کرمت و دل در مبان ضرفان بلیات و اهات11 واب خیر فسه و مخت کرفتار شدو جور خیال کج اندیس14 هر حاب که باخوه رست کرد20 کز امد، و هر روز به نویاوهای از باغ سبهر فتنه می زاد و هر دم به نوی ار دور فنک حادنة تزه ممکشت، و از مناهدة ایر معنی مجاز صر ننکی بدیرفت و مرع روح در فقصر شر قلق و اضعنراب اغار نهاد ودل از نستت اعاد خ و سساست حساد از حر سیر مل و ار عابت بیچارکی عن > was being scattered to the wind... > And it was expected that for every distress and catastrophe a remedy and improvement would appear, and the course > of affairs would return to its initial order and arrangement, and leisure, prosperity, tranquility, and safety would show their faces, > and the rust of sorrow and distress would be removed from before the mirror of the heart's desire, and the form of the desired end > would emerge from the knot of concealment, and the banners of peace and safety would be accepted throughout the lands of Khurāsān, > and the passage of the current circumstances would return to the purity of the past era. But on the contrary, the army of sorrow and > calamity brought sudden affliction; the avenues of security became infested with the inroads of ruin and disaster; the entanglement of > affairs grew worse with the distress of the situation; ease and peace departed from the midst of the people; > the face of the bride of comfort was veiled behind the screen of seclusion; and the cheeks of security and safety remained > behind the curtains of suspension. > Through the upheavals and reverses of the times, order and arrangement were lifted away, and by the disruption of the days, > every form of favor took on the aspect of treachery, and the heart, amid the vicissitudes of afflictions and > calamities, became utterly captive and bound; and whenever an unwholesome and perverse fancy > spread its wings, misfortune resulted. Every day a new fruit of sedition sprang from the orchard of the celestial sphere, > and every moment a fresh calamity arose anew from the revolution of the heavens. From observing this circumstance, the path of > patience narrowed, and the bird of the spirit in the cage of the chest began to flutter and throb, and the heart grew weary of life > from the enmity of adversaries and the hostility of enviers; and out of utter helplessness, the reins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1.15) - [Next: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1.36) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.conquest.taj-al-maathir.1.18) · Pramāṇa