[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 341.4 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 341.4 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 341.4 - **Language:** English ### [341.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.341.4) So long as there remains between us, even in secret, any talk of ‘me and thee’ A stranger is at our feast, sitting between thee and me; Thou through modesty enterest not into speech, and I, in bashfulness, refrain Wondering how the jealous wretches represent what we would say.” “She came upon me by accident, and pretended that she had remembered her promise; She hung her head, and pretended that she did so in modesty.” In the following verse he has imitated the compiler of the Muntakhab: “The sky desired to vex the people, and consequently Availed itself of the ill-will of her who torments us.” - [Previous: 341.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.341.3) - [Next: 342](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.342) - [Up: 341](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.341) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.341.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.341.4) · Pramāṇa