Number 13

RubāʿīIndian/Isfahani style
English

Number 13

To someone with knowledge and learning, what matters is having the means ready; success is simply that the tools are at hand. Once the means are gathered, the rest of the work is up to you; for your journey, success is the moonlight that lights the way.
Explanation: Moonlight here stands for the guiding favor that makes the road of effort possible. The poem stresses that preparation opens the way, but action is the traveler's own.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۳

در پیش کسی که علم و دانش بابست توفیق مهیّا شدن اسبابست
اسباب چو جمع شد دگر کار از تست توفیق برای سفرت مهتابست